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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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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Countless hours of physical therapy - and the talents of the medical community - have brought me new movement in my right arm. It's fractional progress, and it took a long time, but my arm moves when I tell it to.
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I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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I got mad love for hot tubs.
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Everybody has done something about Marco Polo. It's the tiredest, most trite and worked-over subject in the world, and that was why it appealed to me, because I wanted to do something really new and different about something that had been worked over all these centuries, and I think I did.
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Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?
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When you manage to express something with a look and the music instead of saying it with words or having the character speak, I think it's a more complete work.
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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.
