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I would love to do an action film.
Noah Centineo
Love
Action
Would
Action Film
Film
I did do a war movie, 'Windtalkers.' That was a lot of action. But once you've done one big action/war movie, you don't need to do another one.
Noah Emmerich
War
You
Big
Action
Once
Another
Lot
Did
Done
Movie
Need
I'm an action fanatic.
Noah Hathaway
Action
Fanatic
I can just remember the blitz of Manchester, or perhaps my father's tales about the blitz of Manchester. I can remember the blackout, the powdered eggs, and the gas masks. But I think no British person should pretend that being resident in England could count as being in the thick of the action.
Norman Davies
Remember
Father
Action
Think
Pretend
About
Blackout
Could
Count
Masks
Perhaps
Tales
Blitz
Person
Eggs
Manchester
Just
Being
Should
England
Thick
Resident
Gas
British
Tanks being deployed far forward is an indication of offensive action; tanks in depth is an indication of defensive action.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Action
Defensive
Indication
Tanks
Offensive
Being
Deployed
In-Depth
Far
Depth
Forward
I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
Olga Fonda
Love
Remember
Girl
Action
Kick
Wow
Angelina Jolie
Like
Around
Go
Cool
Raider
Tomb
Butt
Watching
When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
Olivia Thirlby
Comedy
Take Advantage
Action
Drama
Everything
Out
Able
Diverse
Take
Advantage
Between
Always
Wanted
In-Between
Fun
Film
Starting
Action movies today are going to so fast, you can't say you're going to do everything faster and faster.
Olivier Megaton
Today
You
Action
Faster
Everything
Say
Going
Movies
Action Movies
Fast
One of the things that defines a TEDster is you've taken your passion, and you've turned it into stewardship. You actually put action to the issues you care about.
Omar Ahmad
You
Passion
Care
Action
Defines
One Of The Things
About
Taken
Put
Stewardship
Issues
Turned
Your
Actually
Things
If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell.
Omari Hardwick
Rich
Action
Drama
Project
Tell
Would
Would-Be
Could
Remake
Than
Any
Eighties
Story
If I Could
Flick
Less
As a community organizer who holds a degree in history, I understand the fascination with history. However, there is a tendency for many of us to get engrossed in the recounting of our history, which often amounts to purely intellectual activity without material action.
Opal Tometi
History
Degree
Community
Action
Our
Purely
Tendency
Without
Understand
Material
However
Intellectual
Get
Often
Holds
Which
Us
Organizer
Who
Many
Fascination
Activity
Amount
History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.
Orison Swett Marden
History
World
Impossible
Decision
Men
Before
Action
Those
Thousands
Prompt
Examples
Seized
Results
Occasions
Accomplish
Them
Sweep
Less
Who
Deemed
Resolute
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
Orison Swett Marden
Best
Better
Giving
Action
Ourselves
About
Give
Reaction
Greater
Always
Than
Get
Thing
Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple hero moments, killing with a lethal bow and arrow along the way.
Orlando Bloom
Hero
Action
Distance
Way
Bit
Kind
Along
Bow
Couple
Arrow
Off
Who
Moments
Lethal
Elf
Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.
Oswald Mosley
Great
Mind
Job
Men
Sense
Action
Great Men
Never
Part
Occasion
Times
Being
Ridiculous
The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
Owain Yeoman
Nature
Character
You
Action
Ensemble
Bits
Relief
Something
Lead
Lead Character
Supporting
Comic
Comic Relief
Provide
Get
Little
Means
Here
With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.
P. J. Harvey
Song
Action
See
About
Scene
Songs
Catch
Almost
Like
Go
Trying
Then
Describe
Film
Images
Watching
On screen, I may hate a co-star, have a stomach ache, but I have to convince you of that emotion that is demanded on cue. There are times when I feel like dancing, but on 'action,' I'll have to cry.
Parineeti Chopra
You
Hate
Action
On-Screen
Dancing
Emotion
Feel
Demanded
Like
Cry
Cue
Times
Stomach
May
Aches
Screen
Convince
Climate action in cities is the key that unlocks a low emissions and resilient future.
Patricia Espinosa
Future
Key
Action
Cities
Emissions
Climate
Low
Resilient
Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
Patricia Hill Collins
Death
History
Change
People
Hero
Leader
Action
Favor
Focusing
Embodied
Since
Conditions
Spur
Version
Movement
Social
Social Change
Hollywood
Social Conditions
Means
Ignored
Large
Large Numbers
Conquering
Numbers
Ay - 'The Green Fool' business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It destroyed the momentum.
Patrick Kavanagh
Me
Business
Fool
Action
Libel
Destroyed
Head
Over
Lot
Green
Did
Momentum
Damage
Letting someone down is not criminal action.
Patrick McHenry
Action
Down
Criminal
Someone
Letting
I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.
Patrick Swayze
Life
Me
Crazy
Man
Dance
My Life
Drive
Action
Those
All My Life
Guy
Had
Leading
Leading Man
Dude
Any
Want
Romantic
Everything we have today that's cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past. Action figures, videogames, superhero movies, iPods: All are continuations of a love that wanted more.
Patton Oswalt
Love
Today
Past
Action
Everything
Superhero
Someone
Something
More
Wanted
Wanting
Loved
In The Past
Movies
Videogames
Figures
Cool
There's an idea that action movies are more attractive to one gender than the other or different kinds of people or whatever. The truth is action is not any different than any other part of a story.
Patty Jenkins
Truth
Truth Is
People
Gender
Whatever
Different Kinds
Action
Other
Kinds
More
Part
Idea
Attractive
Than
Any
Different
Story
Movies
Action Movies
Ultimately, so many things come down to money, but particularly when it comes to superheroes - people really thought that only men loved action movies and only men would go see a superhero movie.
Patty Jenkins
People
Money
Thought
Men
Action
Down
Would
See
Superhero
Superheroes
Only
Come
Particularly
Go
Ultimately
Movie
Loved
Movies
Really
Action Movies
Many
Things
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