Harry Dean Stanton Quotes

I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

Harry Dean Stanton

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• The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • People
  • Men
  • Done

• I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • God
  • Mom
  • Acting

• I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Political
  • You
  • Car

• Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • Light
  • Learning
  • Bible

• I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Growing

• I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • New
  • Warrior
  • Princess

• Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.

  

  Eddie Trunk
  • People
  • Love
  • Identity

• Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Sound
  • Strange
  • Table

• The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Believe
  • Truth
  • Sexy

• Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

  

  Wally Lamb
  • Words
  • Attention
  • Behavior

• Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • World
  • Job
  • First

• No two wars are identical.

  

  Kate Adie
  • Two
  • Wars
  • Identical

• I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.

  

  Cameron Mathison
  • Time
  • Work
  • Real

• Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

  

  Jack Benny
  • Mind
  • Age
  • Matter

• I believe that when Crazy Horse was killed, something more than a man's life was snuffed out.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Man

• If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.

  

  Sam Levenson
  • Girl
  • Marriage
  • Brother

• I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'.

  

  Mako
  • Up
  • Man
  • Know

• It's so hard not to smile.

  

  Zoe Sugg
  • Smile
  • Hard

• I think that the music industry is such an interesting place, and there are so many situations that people don't know about.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • People
  • Music
  • Interesting

• I think crime is a huge issue for people. If you were living in the poorest state, and you've got drug dealers at the end of the street, and your life's in misery, and you're afraid of your kids going out the door. I mean, the job of progressive politicians is to do something about that.

  

  Tony Blair
  • Kids
  • Mean
  • Drug

• We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • God
  • Believe
  • Opportunities

• On the one hand, Porto Monenegro is shape-shifting - it replaced a naval shipyard with a new marina - but it's also mind-shifting, opening up an array of other small business opportunities. And this shape-shifting and mind-shifting, it is exactly what we're trying to do in Montenegro.

  

  Igor Luksic
  • Up
  • Mind
  • Trying

• We don't need mandatory, non-sectarian prayers read over the loudspeaker to 'put God back in schools.' God never left the schools. God is still at work through the hundreds of thousands of gifted teachers and administrators, committed parents, and passionate volunteers who seek to help give our children 'a future with hope.'

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • Work
  • God
  • Children

• I've passed up opportunities. I've avoided the spotlight. I've never been to Academy Awards, didn't relate to them.

  

  Harry Dean Stanton
  • Opportunities
  • Spotlight
  • Academy Awards