Ethan Hawke Quotes
If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at paintings or movies or plays or whatever, is just a litany of murder and death.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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I drive a car, like an adult. Not brilliantly. I'm not great.
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What's so crazy is when you give interviews to reporters that don't really care too much for you, basically what they're going to do is write what they want to write and discredit you. They're going to write and say what they want to say, no matter what you tell them.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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To get a good deal, I buy them all with a friend. The houses, the boat, everything. We each buy half. So I pay half price! They get used more.
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Vinyl is the real deal. I've always felt like, until you buy the vinyl record, you don't really own the album. And it's not just me or a little pet thing or some kind of retro romantic thing from the past. It is still alive.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano.
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Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.
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I think lobbying is really an honest profession. Lobbying means trying to persuade Congress to accept your point of view. Sometimes you can give them a lot of facts they didn't have before.
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As long as there have been men.. ..upon this globe.. ..we have held firmly to the notion of.. ..all of which must continue to be everlasting in time and infinite in space.
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People need role models, and they need to feel that there's this opportunity to learn. They need to have people that will stick up for them. I want to be a part of that.
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A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.
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Peter Dinklage is one of my oldest friends from New York!
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I dance. I don't really do anything else.
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If you study the history of mankind, it seems to be a history of violence. Certainly the history of art, whether you look at paintings or movies or plays or whatever, is just a litany of murder and death.
