Joe Carnahan Quotes

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

Joe Carnahan

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• The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

  

  Ovid
  • May
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• Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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  • Making
  • Nobody

• If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

  

  Iris Chang
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• In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.

  

  Warren Mitchell
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• Creating things sometimes is difficult.

  

  Warren Littlefield
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• Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.

  

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• Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and then you can live with much more freedom.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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• If the girl is good looking and talented, and for some reason the film doesn't work, she gets a second chance. But if subsequent films don't work, she gets branded as an 'iron leg.' The whole thing gets negative.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
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• The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• I would never want to be selected to a team just because I am going to set a record. It's critical to me to earn my way.

  

  Ian Millar
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• The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.

  

  Karl Abraham
  • Able
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• The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Business
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• My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.

  

  Safra A. Catz
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• Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

  

  Zendaya
  • Important
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• History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.

  

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• Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.

  

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• Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.

  

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• The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

  

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• I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'

  

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• I remember as a child going around with "Votes For Women" balloons. I learnt early what it is to be snubbed for a good cause.

  

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• Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

  

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• None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.

  

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  • Believe
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• So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared?

  

  Joe Carnahan
  • Fear