Jan de Bont Quotes

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.

Jan de Bont

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: October 22, 1943

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Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that's real peace of mind. I don't have to worry about that when I'm walking around in the world.

Jocko Willink

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The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.

John Barth

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So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want it to look natural because then I would be making a documentary film.

Jenny Holzer

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Mental health is personal for our whole band. As touring musicians, self-care can quickly become make it or break it on the road.

John Gourley

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Most men cannot write good sex. I tried one time years ago and showed it to my wife, and she felt like laughing.

John Grisham

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Live in the moment, day by day, and don't stress about the future. People are so caught up in looking into the future, that they kind of lose what's in front of them.

Jenna Ushkowitz

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Intelligence, if it is clever in the direction of the better, is responsible for the greatest benefits of all.

Menander

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At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion.

Matt Smith

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For years, I kept the two separate: Michael Horse the artist and Michael Horse the actor. I like the acting, but I'm an artist; that's my identity.

Michael Horse

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I tried to go to the gym a while ago and hurt my foot. I thought, 'Well, exercise and I just aren't meant to be.'

Sophie Winkleman

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I was in the Air Force and was a boom operator (in-flight refueling). I got my comedy start in the Air Force.

Sinbad

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I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

Mitt Romney

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