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How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.

~Edward Herrmann

Topics: Action Actor Character Each Every Find His How How Many Times Make Many Own Play Quirky Romantic Times Unique Way You

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As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.

~Edward Levi

Topics: Action Carries Forward Instrument Law May Memory Opposition Passion Practical Received Responsive Sometimes Time Values Which Wisdom Wrong

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It means that through knowledge have come responsibility and hope, and through both, action.

~Edward Livingston

Topics: Action Both Come Hope Knowledge Means Responsibility Through

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By action and reaction do we become strong or weak, according to the character of our thoughts and mental states. Fear is the deadly nightshade of the mind.

~Edward Walker

Topics: According Action Become Character Deadly Fear Mental Mind Our Reaction States Strong Thoughts Weak

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I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You can talk too much on most anything and it stops being productive. There is a time for action. Eventually you have to pull the trigger.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Accused Action Anything Been Being Believe Death Eventually Guess Many Most Much Not Talking Productive Pull Stops Talk Talking Things Time Times Too Too Much Trigger Very You

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When I got to GM they were using a matrix method of management which means everybody has more than one boss. I first heard about that system many years ago. It's supposed to help with collaboration, but my assessment is that it's pretty hard to get geared for action that way.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: About Action Assessment Boss Collaboration Everybody First Geared Get Got Hard Heard Help Management Many Matrix Means Method More Pretty Supposed System Than Using Way Were Which Years Years Ago Gm

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In my experience of the men of action I have met - whether from the Second World War or Iraq or Vietnam - they often had to do things that they would rather not reflect upon afterwards. This is perhaps one reason why the story of the Bielskis remained untold for so long.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Action Afterwards Experience Had Iraq Long Men Met Often Perhaps Rather Reason Reflect Remained Second Second World War Story Things Untold Vietnam War Whether Why World World War Would

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I've done all sorts of different kinds of action. We did a thing in 'Blood Diamond,' the attack on Freetown, where I carefully staged the action but did not show the camera operators what we were going to film - so it has the feel of documentary, trying to capture something, and that gave it a whole different feel.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Action Attack Blood Camera Capture Carefully Diamond Did Different Different Kinds Documentary Done Feel Film Gave Going Kinds Show Something Sort Staged Thing Trying Were Where Whole

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The promise of an action movie to a certain audience is not a bad thing.

~Edward Zwick

Topics: Action Action Movie Audience Bad Bad Thing Certain Movie Promise Thing

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Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

~Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Topics: Action Chord Eternity Every Life Some Will Your

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