Ernest Becker Quotes
It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
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A pitcher is only as good as his legs.
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.
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Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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You can't make assumptions when you're dealing with health issues.
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Comic-Con has become more of a pop cultural festival, and to not be included feels like you're missing the biggest celebration of the year.
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The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable.
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I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'
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God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast.
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If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
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The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.
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All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.
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Going through a long legal battle is not what you sign up for as a fighter.
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It's relatively easy to set up a tech company, join an accelerator, and progress down a pathway towards success. It's more complex to do that with food.
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I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.
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There's a lot of romanticisation of the intuitive actor and method acting and all kinds of notions about getting inside a character and coming out from there.
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I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.
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I needed my mistakes in their order to get me here.
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I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.
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I publish a piece in order to kill it, so that I won't have to fool around with it any longer.
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But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree.
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It is fateful and ironic how the lie we need in order to live dooms us to a life that is never really ours.
