John Carpenter Quotes
It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Being evil is easy.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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Retiring was hard. I'd spent 15 years doing something I loved, but when you get older everything seems to go. When I started spending too long with the physio and the doctor, I knew it was time to call it a day. But I had no preparation for being retired and I didn't know what to do.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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Yes, I'm a reasonably good self-taught historian of the 1930s and '40s. I've never wanted to write about another time or place. I wouldn't know what to say about contemporary society.
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Give to God just one thought of sincere love and longing and He responds: 'My child, one silent call from the depths of your soul, and I am there in an instant.'
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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Yes, well I had all my serious illnesses in late middle age. And now I'm just stuck, I'm afraid.
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It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.
