#hen

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#around #avoid #beyond #descend #get

I auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face. You just have to forgive yourself and keep going on. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#circle #even #face #fell #forgive

I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#anything #bad #being #else #end

If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids aren't doing well, it doesn't matter how the other elements of my life are. It's kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#context #doing #elements #going #how

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial. ↗

— Ethan Hawke

#become #different #inner #inner life #life

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. ↗

— John C. Hawkes

#doubt #ever #fearsome #i #life

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. ↗

— John Hawkes

#around #authenticity #being #cliche #complacency

Rock 'n' roll was two pegs below being a prisoner of war back then. ↗

— Ronnie Hawkins

#being #below #prisoner #rock #roll

Youthfulness is connected to the ability to see things new for the first time. So if your eyes still look at life with wonder, then you will seem young, even though you may not be chronologically young. ↗

— Goldie Hawn

#chronologically #connected #even #eyes #first

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? ↗

— Colin Hay

#career #erratic #famous #got #had