Nicolas Kent Stahl (Nick Stahl) Quotes
I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.
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James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong – he's good.
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
Garry Kasparov -
I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and 'Asia Falling'; 'Free to Choose' and 'Free to Lose'; 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' and 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.' Visitors love the collection.
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It's an awful thing to be aware of your own corruption. I think a lot of people are bound by the particular economic system we work in to serve companies and masters who aren't really telling people what they're doing.
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Plan B is a plan to fail. You should always give 110% to what you plan to do for plan A.
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Everything changed in Bosnia, when General Wesley Clark proved that you could fight a war with high- level precision air strikes and a bare minimum of ground action.
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A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'
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In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.
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When it's good it's great, it's really great.
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When we had the 'flash crash' in 2010, where the price of some stocks briefly fell to zero, high-frequency trading played a big role in that event.
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Recognizing poor leadership is a vital skill to help you achieve greatness.
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I became interested, through reading the works of some novelist, in Egyptology and made a study of the pyramids. It was just a hobby, but I had a desire to know all I could about everything I could.
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I've had social anxiety forever - I don't thrive in social or party settings.
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The only time I ever really consider retiring is when I get fed up with the press. Which is often.
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I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career.
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I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
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I remember if the telephone rang after 9 o'clock in the house, my mother would say, 'Who's ringing at this time?' We just wouldn't answer the phone.
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I find it very difficult to be funny, it's much easier to do tragedy than it is to do comedy.
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There's ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.
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In all modesty, we must admit that governments are not always the best doctors when it comes to diagnosing economic ailments and prescribing the right treatment.
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I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women.
