Kevin Costner Quotes
If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day.
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Let's talk about Connie Britton, who I love. I don't know of a person who doesn't love her, I don't know a man or woman who doesn't have a crush on her, she's the most fabulous person in the entire world, and she's such an incredible actress, and so sweet, and I love her.
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I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I have superfine, superoily hair, so my struggle is always trying to get the volume I want. I end up not doing much with it ever.
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Retirement's the most wonderful thing. I get to enjoy all the things I never stopped to notice on the way up. After an extraordinary life, it's time to enjoy my retirement.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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It's easy to forget the ever-plodding eBay with all the noise made by the more lithe and lively Web 2.0 companies.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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The difference between the Bush I war against Iraq and the Bush II war against Iraq is that in the first one, we appealed to the sentiments and interests of the different groupings in the region and had them with us. In the second one, we did it on our own, on the basis of false premises, with extremely brutality and lack of political skill.
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I mean the future has become old fashioned.
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As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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In Britain, you know there are people waiting to tear your stuff apart, so it's important for me to know that my music has subtleties and depth to it.
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It is not altogether shyness that now makes me unsuccessful in company. Sometimes it is a state of mind that is three parts meditation, that will not free the thoughts until their attendant trains are prepared to follow them.
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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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Because I was once a reporter, I've always felt a sense of estrangement inside the newsroom. The field is alive and interactive, while the newsroom is quiet and stereotypical.
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Mickey Mantle was a very good golfer, but we weren't allowed to play golf during the season; only at spring training.
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Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.
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Have you ever Googled yourself? I did, most depressing thing ever. People have websites hoping I die at 38.
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Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.
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There's only one thing harder than living in a home with an adolescent - and that's being an adolescent. The moodiness, the volatility, the wholesale lack of impulse control, all would be close to clinical conditions if they occurred at another point in life. In adolescence, they're just part of the behavioral portfolio.
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
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If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day.
