I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it.

Kevin Costner

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

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When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

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Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

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Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

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You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

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I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

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Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them.

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I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

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If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.

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I've never had that fear of going against the grain.

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I like being around people that mean what they say.

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I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them.

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True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.

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A good idea is something like an emotion, you just can't keep it in.

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Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.

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I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

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I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.

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You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

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We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.

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I'm a 'what if' person. I have always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. I have taken blows. I have had high moments. But I don't think the blows have ever hardened me. My enthusiasms are still big.

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