Jon Watts Quotes
I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate to prove himself.
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
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It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
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I loved everything about Spain - the people, the language, and the food!
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My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
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If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll work to be that.
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When you're younger and traveling and visiting new countries and cities, that stuff is exciting; it's flashy, it's shiny, but I always had this separation between who I was as a person and who I was as a player.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you.
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Good is not good when better is expected.
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Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
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If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them.
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'Butterfly Mosque' came out of the emails I wrote to family and friends back home after moving to Egypt.
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In the 'stealth era,' battlefield strength might just be dictated by the level of stealth or invisibility technology at the disposal of combatants. This is likely to trigger a scientific and technological race, as well as provide new platforms for countries to enhance their prestige domestically and internationally.
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I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished.
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I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.
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I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while.
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Let me say it diplomatically: Most religions are tribal to some degree.
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It shouldn't matter what type of school a student attends, so long as the school is the right fit for that student.
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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.
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Vegetarians always ask about getting enough protein. But I don't know any nutrition expert (who) can plan a diet of natural foods resulting in a protein deficiency, so long as you're not deficient in calories. You need only 5 or 6 percent of total calories in protein... and it is pratically impossible to get below 9 percent in ordinary diets.
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I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate to prove himself.
