Kevin Costner Quotes
I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.
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There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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Every man must define his identity against his mother. If he does not, he just falls back into her and is swallowed up.
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The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
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I believe that Clinton is the most wicked and vile President that this nation has ever had.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
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Perhaps at some time in the future, when you ask a friend to come up and look at your etchings, you will plug in your collection of video art.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?
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Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.
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After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.
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I don't believe in happy families.
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To grow up five miles outside of the greatest city in the world is a bizarre experience.
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In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras in music: The Forties and Fifties of big band, jazz and swing, and the Sixties and Seventies of rock. To me, they're really unparalleled.
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I do have to give it up for Sarah Palin on one account. She is brave.
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Some might say that sunshine follows thunder. Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine. Some might say that we should never ponder. On our thoughts today cos they will sway over time. Some might say they don't believe in heaven. Go and tell it to the man who lives in hellSome might say you get what you've been givenIf you don't get yours I won't get mine as well.
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I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.
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Watching soccer is my main hobby, really. I'm no tactician or coach, but I enjoy watching the free flow of it, the different styles, and the histories behind clubs. Like Barcelona vs. Madrid - it's not just a soccer game; it's a geopolitical struggle. There are great storylines and no commercials.
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After a game like he had yesterday, I told his people I'm surprised he didn't name his child Victoria because this had to be one special day for this kid.
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I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.
