John Woo Quotes

'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

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• I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'

  

  Manny Coto
  • Doctor
  • Wait
  • Line

• I thought 'Garfunkel and Oates' would be too confusing, but it ended up being confusing in the best of ways because the first time we played a comedy club, it was because they thought we were the real Garfunkel and Oates.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Up
  • Time
  • Real

• I'm on a search for the truth.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Truth
  • Search

• I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Son
  • Feel
  • Sad

• The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • Up
  • Believe
  • Change

• We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • World
  • Live
  • Happy

• The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Reality
  • Marriage
  • Woman

• I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • People
  • Myself
  • Laugh

• I've had a fast track to who I want to be. I know all of my friends are struggling to what to pick in college, and I've been given a fast pass to kick start my future.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Friends
  • Future
  • College

• Islam will be what Muslims make of it. And it is the sum total of the interpretation that Muslims give to it.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Give
  • Islam
  • Interpretation

• I definitely want to teach my daughter Spanish.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • Want
  • Daughter
  • Teach

• A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator for only 29% of women, versus 76% of men. Women prioritized flexibility, fulfillment, autonomy and safety.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Money

• You're going to start seeing open-source, self-executing contracts gradually improve over time. What the Internet did to publishing, blockchain will do to about 160 different industries. It's crazy.

  

  Patrick M. Byrne
  • Time
  • Different
  • Crazy

• The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Time
  • Good
  • Long

• There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • People
  • Country
  • Girl

• Let me just worry about me. I'm not worried about anyone else. If you're doing fine, great; if you're struggling, I hope things get better for you. But I've got to be worried about my career.

  

  LaToya London
  • Great
  • Hope
  • Career

• I consider myself sexy. But the sexy image doesn't bother me, and I don't think it detracts from my singing.

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Myself
  • Singing
  • Sexy

• I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at least perceived superficially as being problematic.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Why
  • Fun
  • Always

• If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to them, lest he should beget children, to be palmed upon the Elders by the people, bringing the Elders into great difficulties...

  

  Brigham Young
  • Son
  • Difficulties
  • Holy Ghost

• Discipleship does not come from positions of prominence, wealth, or advanced learning. The disciples of Jesus came from all walks of life.

  

  James E. Faust
  • Life
  • Learning
  • Jesus

• Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

  

  Chris Rock
  • Kids
  • Fun

• Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.

  

  Petrarch
  • World
  • Curiosity
  • Departure

• Howard Hughes himself was a regular at the restaurant, and in a way it became his headquarters, too. Howard had recently relocated to Las Vegas, so when he wanted to do business in Los Angeles, he went into the back of our restaurant to use the telephone.

  

  Esther Williams
  • Business
  • Restaurant
  • Telephone

• 'Hard Boiled' is my last film in Hong Kong, before I moved to the U.S. It is the one film which is most accepted by the audience in the West.

  

  John Woo