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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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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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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In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their lives, or detained for two years, just for being found in a 'proper' neighbourhood.
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At this point we understand that if the mother or other parent figure cannot provide these first few needs, the child’s physical, mental-emotional and spiritual growth would likely be stunted.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
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Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else - and must not a waiter be a little less than a waiter to be a good Bohemian?
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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.
