Kevin Costner Quotes
When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give them a level of dignity. You don't try to change their persona, but you try to understand that they had unique problems, set in a century that you don't live.
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If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.
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No damn man kills me and lives.
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I love people, watching people interact. It's a lot of psychology. We learn about ourselves by watching other people's lives on the screen.
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To the biographer all lives bar none are dramatic constructions.
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I'm here to say all lives matter.
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Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.
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I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.
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If we are obsessed by God, nothing else can get into our lives - not concerns, nor tribulation, not worries.
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I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.
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Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.
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As the wealthiest country with all the blessings that we have, do we have an obligation to help the outside world? I think we do, as we have an obligation to help everyone within our own borders. The problem is that this automatically gets translated into: "What's the point of having a huge military if we can't bomb people?" That's the problem that I have. Our foreign policy is essentially our defense policy.
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I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.
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Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security. Many will go to law school and/or business school.
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When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give them a level of dignity. You don't try to change their persona, but you try to understand that they had unique problems, set in a century that you don't live.
