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Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex things. They just didn't suit my taste, so I thought, 'OK, I have to be brave enough to say no.' And for a while, that hurt me immeasurably in the Hollywood world. Josh Hartnett
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But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action. Joshua Chamberlain
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Some memorizers arbitrarily associate each playing card with a familiar person or object, so that the king of clubs is represented by, say, Tony Danza. The grand masters associate each card with a person, an action, or an object so that every group of three cards can be converted into a sentence. Joshua Foer
King Three Action Group Every Say Some Object Masters Familiar Person Grand Clubs Converted Sentence Each Card Cards Playing Associate Tony
I tend to tell stories that have a lot of momentum; it's not like 'and then months later...' I like things where the momentum of one action rolls into the next one so everything is the sum of that. Joss Whedon
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I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes. Joss Whedon
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As a democratic society, Malawi has a moral obligation to ensure that each and every injustice, whether through acts of commission or omission, is met with deliberate and tangible action. Joyce Banda
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Poetry is a call to action, and it also is action. Juan Felipe Herrera
Action Poetry Also Call
The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something. Judy Greer
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It is certain that the inanimate objects by which you are surrounded have a direct action on the brain. Jules Verne
You Action Direct Objects Brain Surrounded Which Inanimate Certain
Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself? Jules Verne
Life Action Those Thou Examined Thyself Know Springs Existence Child Which Dost Produce
I work out a lot, but I like to do action sports. A lot of surfing, mountain-biking. Julia Mancuso
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Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. Julian Assange
Action Wikileaks Leading Reform Maximize Just Information Mechanism Amount Flow
Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all. Julian Baggini
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And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. Julian Castro
Generation Dreamers Young Action President Took Ounce Immigrants Law-Abiding Shadow Lift He Talent Knows Because Deportation Waste
To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people. Juliana Hatfield
You Yourself People Big Action Other Take Steps Make Got Listen
The funny thing about my films is that you can make little piles of them. You could make little piles of the movie that were family movies, you could make a little art movie pile, you could make a little action movie pile. Julianne Moore
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I'm always excited when I make it on anyone's list - even if it's for affirmative action. My attitude is, 'Am I the token woman on this list? Because I'll take it.' Julie Klausner
Attitude Woman Action Take Excited Make Because Always Am Affirmative Affirmative Action List Anyone Token Even
I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit surreal but kind of fun. You can play with the whole family. Juliet Landau
Family You Parents Action Bit Ourselves Kind Odd Dolls Surreal Little Little Bit Figure Action Figure Fun Whole Play
Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style. Jurgen Habermas
War Technology Police Old Style Action Hoped Had Instead Still Kosovo Again Wars International
I'm so proud of 'Underground' because it's this thriller; it's this action- adventure. It's unexpected. People think it's gonna one be one thing - they think it's gonna be very depressing and downtrodden - and it's empowering. Jurnee Smollett-Bell
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If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move. Justin Cronin
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Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die. Justin Sane
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results. Kailash Satyarthi
Together Community Action Ensure Must Results Attention Concrete Transferred
No one can decide what you should do, what course of action you should take to get where you wanna go, except for yourself. Kali Uchis
You Yourself Action Except Take No-One Course Go Get Wanna Where Decide Should
As for the best '80s action movie, I'm going to be predictable here and say 'Die Hard.' I watch that movie at least twice a year. Perfect script. Kameron Hurley
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As much as I love to dive into the action early, I think the hero's journey is important - the idea that the reader needs to experience the protagonist's everyday life before you turn that world upside down. Kami Garcia
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