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?

  Emilio Estevez

  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.

  Emilio Estevez

  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.

  Emilio Estevez

  Hurt, Names, Google

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

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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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• 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?

  Emilio Estevez

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

  Emilio Estevez

  Dad

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

  Emilio Estevez

  Media, People, Trying

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

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