John Carpenter Quotes
I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I'm in deep trouble.John Carpenter
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I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.
Dan Fogelman -
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
Abbas Kiarostami -
We don't have a war on terror - that's a technique. We didn't have a war on blitzkriegs, and we didn't have a war on surprise attacks.
Foster Friess -
For as long as I could remember, the person in E23 pasted the same Halloween decoration, a witch with a giant wart on her crone's nose, but whenever kids rang, the tenant wouldn't answer. At first, kids figured they'd just missed the guy: bad timing. But it seemed impossible that all of us missed him every year.
Victor LaValle -
Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
Nathan Fillion -
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
Karl Popper
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When I auditioned for drama college, they asked me to do my Shakespeare. I couldn't do it. They asked me to do my modern, and I couldn't do it. They asked me if I had a song prepared, and I said 'No,' so I sang 'Happy Birthday.' And I did a reasonable improvisation, a reasonable one, nothing special at all. I don't know how I got in, but I did.
Hans Matheson -
I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Balthazar Getty -
Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
Victor Pinchuk -
I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
Jack Lemmon -
I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.
Mahesh Babu
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Belize pledges it continued support to the aspirations of the 23 million people of Taiwan to be full participants in all organs and agencies of the international community.
Said Musa -
We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
Farley Mowat -
For a homebody like me, the evolution of gadgets has been a blessing.
Okky Madasari -
I taught up in Maine a couple of times and wasn't able to take a single picture. All that blue sky! Ugh. Sparkling clear air, just terrible. I couldn't do it.
Sally Mann -
I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
Warwick Davis -
One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.
Iris Murdoch
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I am the oldest of three girls and the only one not named after one of my father's ex-girlfriends.
Lisa Jewell -
Tourism is a top priority activity for federal government, which is why it invests an average of over 2,500 million dollars a year in infrastructure works and integral projects that promote Mexico's culture and natural attractions.
Vicente Fox -
I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
Vanessa Paradis -
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.
Atifete Jahjaga -
I have decided to create a new political movement.
Emmanuel Macron -
I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I'm in deep trouble.
John Carpenter