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Ethan Hawke Quotes

Total quotes: 23
“Young people always think their problems are so unique.”
— Ethan Hawke, Ethan Hawke: What I've Learned About Life, And Marriage
Tagged: Young People, Your Problems Are Not Unique, People Have Been Where You Are Before
“I can never get very excited about other people ambitions for my life.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“That deity worship of good looking people has gotten far more play than it needs.”
— Ethan Hawke, Ethan Hawke: What I've Learned About Life, And Marriage
Tagged: Deity Worship, Good Looking People
“I might have given up... on the whole idea of romantic love. That I... I might have put it to bed, that... that day when you weren't there.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Heartbreak
“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Life, People
“People always talk about how love is this totally unselfish, giving thing, but if you think about it, there's nothing more selfish.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“Maybe it's just a sense of entitlement. You know, like whenever you feel like you deserve that new pair of shoes. It's OK to want things as long as you don't get pissed off if you don't get 'em. Right?”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, Desire
“You realize that most of the people that you meet are trying to get somewhere better, they're trying to make a little bit more cash, trying to get a little more respect, have more people admire them. It's just exhausting.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, People
“Everybody's parents fucked them up. Rich kids parents gave them too much. Poor kids, not enough. You know, too much attention, not enough attention. They either left them or they stuck around and taught them the wrong things.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life, Parents
“Listen, if somebody gave me the choice right now, of to never see you again or to marry you, alright, I would marry you, alright. And maybe that's a lot of romantic bullshit, but people have gotten married for a lot less.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything. That's not based on any kind of reality.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Life, Learning
“[Yanks Alonzo's badge] You don't deserve this.”
— Jake Hoyt, Training Day
Tagged: Deserve, badge
“You know what's the worst thing about somebody breaking up with you? It's when you remember how little you thought about the people you broke up with and you realize that is how little they're thinking of you. You know, you'd like to think you're both in all this pain but they're just like "Hey, I'm glad you're gone.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.
Jesse: I know.”
— Jesse, Celine, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love
“There's gotta be something more to love than commitment.”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Commitment, What Is Love
“You know, I think that book that I wrote, in a way, was like building something. So that I wouldn't forget the... details of the time that we spent together. You know, like just a reminder that... that once we really did meet! You know, that this was real! That this happened!”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Infatuation, Muse, inspiration
“I don't know, I think that if I could just accept the fact that my life is supposed to be difficult. You know, that's what to be expected, then I might not get so pissed-off about it and I'll just be glad when something nice happens.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“I wish I'd met you earlier. I really like talking to you.”
— Jesse, Before Sunrise
Tagged: Love, Life
“I just... I don't wanna be one of those people who are... getting divorced at 52, and falling down into tears, admitting that they never really loved their spouse, and they feel that their life has been... sucked up into a vacuum cleaner! You know, I want a great life”
— Jesse, Before Sunset
Tagged: Love, Life, Marriage
“I personally don't think grand gestures are actually romantic. The most romantic moments of my life have been so subtle and small. A snowstorm breakfast, a walk, an accidental meeting. Whenever you start planning these grand things—I'm gonna pick the great flower from the top of Mt. Everest—you're already losing. You're trying too hard.”
— Ethan Hawke, Ethan Hawke: What I've Learned About Life, And Marriage
Tagged: Grand Gestures, Romantic Gestures Aren't Actually Romantic, Its The Little Moments That Count
“Keating: 'Mr. Anderson, I see you sitting there in agony. Come on, Todd, step up. Let's put you out of your misery.'

Todd: 'I, I didn't do it. I didn't write a poem.'

Keating: 'Mr. Anderson thinks that everything inside of him is worthless and embarrassing. Isn't that right, Todd? Isn't that your worst fear? Well, I think you're wrong. I think you have something inside of you that is worth a great deal.'”
— John Keating, Todd Anderson, Dead Poets Society
Tagged: Life, voice, Poetry, Fear
“Todd Anderson [Stands up on his desk]: 'O Captain! My Captain!'

Nolan: 'Sit down, Mr. Anderson! Do you hear me? Sit down! Sit down! This is your final warning, Anderson. How dare you? Do you hear me?'

Knox [Climbs up onto his desk]: 'O Captain! My Captain!'

Nolan: 'Mr. Overstreet, I warn you! Sit down!'

[Pitts climbs onto his desk, followed by Meeks, then over half the class, one by one.]

Nolan: 'Sit down! Sit down. All of you. I want you seated. Sit down. Leave, Mr. Keating. All of you, down. I want you seated. Do you hear me? Sit down!'

John Keating: 'Thank you, boys. Thank you.'”
— John Keating, Todd Anderson, Nolan, Knox Overstreet, Dead Poets Society
Tagged: voice, inspiration
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