Ethan Hawke Quotes
I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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For nearly as long as civilization has existed, patriarchy - enforced through the rights of the firstborn son - has been the organizing principle, with few exceptions.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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You forget that sometimes comedy is just a big night out for people. Almost every show, people come up to me and go, 'This is the first comedy show I've ever seen,' so you want to do well. If you do horribly at somebody's first time seeing live stand-up, well, you've not only tainted yourself, you've tainted a whole art form.
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Winning, you can overlook so many things.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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In 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover.
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I'm a serial monogamist.
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I'm very lucky.
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People can be slave-ships in shoes.
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It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'
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Men act out like they're horrified by marriage, but when they find the woman of their dreams, they love it.
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I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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The first time I got paid as an actor was for 'Man of La Mancha.' So 'Don Quixote' has always been a thing for me.
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I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
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Bread pudding makes me weak. I have been known to be moved to tears by cookies and ice cream, and ribs are a spiritual experience for me.
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Alice: I don’t love you anymore. Goodbye. Dan: Since when? Alice: Now. Just now.
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I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
