John Stockwell Quotes
Customs and immigrations officials are trained to detect the unusual. In some countries they are especially alert to CIA officers
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Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with Post-it Notes, plans, photographs all stuck on the walls and arrows going everywhere, and it's 4 A.M.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
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I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.
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I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.
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I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
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I hate being too pretty.
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Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
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It seems every morning I wake up to face a list of 20 things to do, with time only to do 10, and somehow I always wind up squishing in 30.
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My dad was around every second. Teaching me the game.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.
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The collective love for music and poetry and just the brotherhood of sound. And it's still kind of flowing through me and I attribute that to the team.
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For the first time in history, drug addicts and drunks—once viewed as human wreckage that drained families and society of resources—had become valuable properties. People could make fortunes off them.
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Customs and immigrations officials are trained to detect the unusual. In some countries they are especially alert to CIA officers
