Emilio Estevez Quotes

• We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

  Emilio Estevez

  Beauty, Beautiful, Broken

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• In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we’re more disconnected than ever before. Why is that?

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  Technology, People, Brain

  "Emilio Estevez On ‘The Way’: Actor Discusses New Movie, Life, Love, Faith And Micro-Farms". Interview with Lauren Rosenblum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2011.

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• We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.

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  Risk, Needs, Way

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• We don't think about pilgrimage in this country. We don't think about meditation. The idea of taking a six-week walk is totally foreign to most Americans. But it's probably exactly what we need.

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  Country, Thinking, Ideas

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• Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.

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  Ephemeral, Film, Illusion

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• I used to Google my name to see what came up - it hurt.

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  Hurt, Names, Google

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

  Emilio Estevez

  Really Mean, Crap, Our Lives

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• We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream media is that we're fine being exactly who we are? Wouldn't that be great for everyone?

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  Media, Who We Are, Messages

  "Emilio Estevez On ‘The Way’: Actor Discusses New Movie, Life, Love, Faith And Micro-Farms". Interview With Lauren Rosenblum, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2011.

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• Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

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  Children, Parent, Planets

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• You don’t choose a life, dad. You live one.

  Emilio Estevez

  Dad

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• What's the level of compromise for making that kind of money? How far do I have to sell my soul? What's the price of that? And I don't know if I want to make those kind of compromises any more. I think I'm a different person. I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work.

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  Thinking, Soul, Hot

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The low-hanging fruit is cynicism and pessimism, and it's there if you want it. You can reach out and you can grab it, you don't even have to make any effort.

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  Effort, Want, Fruit

  "Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez". The Tavis Smiley Show, www.pbs.org. October 19, 2011.

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• There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.

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  Travel, Cameras, World

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• Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

  Emilio Estevez

  Lonely, Jobs, Writing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a Luddite, but I'm outside more than I'm on my computer. We have a micro-farm - it's a step up from a garden. We have a pretty extensive vineyard. We grow about 60 percent of our own food, make our own wine, have chickens for eggs.

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  Wine, Garden, Eggs

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• People are beautiful wrecks.

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  Beautiful, People, Wrecks

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• We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

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  Looks, Way, Sometimes

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• In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

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  Climate, Pessimistic, World

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• I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.

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  Love You, People, Teeth

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• Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows.

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  Home, Hands, Everyday

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• Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor.

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  Travel, Adventure, Night

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• What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right?

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  People, Interesting, Followers

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• When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.

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  People, Guy, Quality

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• By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.

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  Believe, Optimistic, Definitions

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• There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

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  Thinking, Skills, Feet

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