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" I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be. "
Emilio Estevez
Kids
Years
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" Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents. "
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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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" You know, we're a tight family. I live right down the street from my folks. I talk to my mother every day. I'm a momma's boy. We all are. So there's no exclusion in this family. You're part of it. We embrace you and lift you up. "
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" What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It's biblical, it's huge. It's so personal. "
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" In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. "
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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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" We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth. "
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" I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women. "
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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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" 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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" A biopic would have required hiring an actor, and I always wanted to just let Bobby be Bobby. My thought was it would make it a more universal story to focus on ordinary people rather than this extraordinary man. "
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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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" 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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" I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible. "
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" People are beautiful wrecks. "
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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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" The first couple of pictures I wrote and directed were dreadful, because I was dealing in worlds that were not familiar to me, and writing about fantasy. They were just not anything I was really connected to. "
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" Where people are now in terms of the economic crisis, they're looking at what we think is the bottom, and I think that's when people look to film and to spirituality. "
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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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" You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down. "
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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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" I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream. "
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" The first time I had sat down to a meal I had grown on my own, along with a bottle of wine that we had made, I burst into tears. To be in touch and be in tune with that is an extraordinary gift. "
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" By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest. "
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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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" All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless. "
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