Ryan Phillippe Quotes
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by a book was Madeleine L'Engle's 'A Wrinkle in Time.'
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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When I was a kid, of course I wanted to be the fastest, the loudest and the one with the biggest drum set, but obviously my aspirations have changed a bit since then.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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My dad is always there for me, and no matter how busy, he always makes it a point to answer my calls. I think he knows what is best for me better than me and is very involved in planning my career. Feel blessed to have a dad like him.
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There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.
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Games get a bad press compared with, say, opera - even though they're obviously better, because no opera has ever compelled an audience member to collect a giant mushroom and jump across some clouds.
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I do sing ballads, but I'm not a balladeer. I'm not the next Celine Dion.
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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I read books, but I do it because I want to - because it's like an escape in my head, like being with you.
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I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
