John Carpenter Quotes

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

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• It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.

  

  Kareena Kapoor Khan
  • Important
  • Read
  • Little

• When I'm out on the stage, it gives me this rush and anything that's on my mind and everything I'm going through is forgotten about.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
  • Mind
  • Me
  • Forgotten

• Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Really
  • Kid
  • Ever

• There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Life
  • Women
  • Sad

• The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • People
  • Up
  • Fight

• Acting is exciting. It is different every time you do it.

  

  Adam Lamberg
  • Time
  • Different
  • You

• The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

  

  Gavin Rossdale Bush
  • Myself
  • Understand
  • Talk

• When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?

  

  Park Shin-hye
  • Marriage
  • Thought
  • Year

• I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.

  

  Nas
  • Life
  • Up
  • Done

• I think when you suffer a tremendous loss, everybody needs love and support in tangible ways. And that's what people have done for us.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Love
  • Done

• The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Money
  • Walking
  • More

• Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.

  

  Verne Troyer
  • Work
  • Enjoy
  • Doing

• With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.

  

  Daniel Ek
  • People
  • Friends
  • Try

• Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • Heart
  • Beauty
  • Beholder

• Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Dad
  • Read
  • Minutes

• I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Love
  • Deep
  • Times

• I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Always
  • Rules
  • Now

• I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

  

  Hanneli Mustaparta
  • Work
  • Challenge
  • Work Hard

• All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet.

  

  Edith Hamilton
  • God

• Parenthood is such a lesson in self-sacrifice.

  

  Angela Kinsey
  • Sacrifice

• You don't want to be in a fight of the year. It takes years off your life. But, it's why fans tune in; it's why people gravitate toward your fights. It's why people want to watch you fight. It's important to get into them, but it's important to try not to get into too many of them.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • People
  • Life
  • Important

• I think having a private life that you only share with your nearest and dearest is important. Otherwise, who are you?

  

  Jon Hamm
  • Life
  • Important

• You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

  

  John Carpenter
  • Life