John Twelve Hawks (John Twelve Hawks) Quotes
Machines, no matter how sophisticated, can only follow programs. If we sleepwalk through our lives, then we’re no better than machines. Only humans are capable of a job done well - which means thinking about the consequences of our actions. A job done well pays the bills, but it also improves the lives of everyone around us.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.
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I love Ben Affleck so much. He's an amazing director.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen.
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My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
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Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.
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Wars are not acts of God. They are caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society. What man has made, man can change.
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Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
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My job is to show my clients that their anger is rarely someone else's fault. It's their flaw.
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I think loads of women have this idea that their life is going to start at some point, once they've busted all these problems of being a woman, once we're thin and we're pretty and we've got all of our clothes and stuff, that's when our life will begin. And you meet people at 48 who are still thinking that, and 58.
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There are a lot of polls that show that actually Americans have a pretty high opinion of teachers, that Americans think teachers are just about as prestigious as doctors. And yet there's this political conversation - this reform conversation - that paints a very negative picture of the effectiveness of the teaching population. So there's definitely a tension between the way teaching is talked about and understood at the political level and how everyday average Americans think about teachers.
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Machines, no matter how sophisticated, can only follow programs. If we sleepwalk through our lives, then we’re no better than machines. Only humans are capable of a job done well - which means thinking about the consequences of our actions. A job done well pays the bills, but it also improves the lives of everyone around us.
