I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
I'm going to leave WWII. I considered and rejected doing something on the Pacific. Fourteen years is enough. I'd like to take on a different challenge and probably a different era. But it will be another war. It's what I do.
But now I realize that this record business really needs me. No one else is trying to take a chance or do something different.
It's a completely different thing, but there's so many things I learned from being an athlete that helped me in business. The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.
Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.
The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.
I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.
One day you'll notice something different and if you take advantage of that moment, you will be what you exactly needed to be.
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.
[speaking to Billy Fish in Kafiri] Billy Fish: Ootah say take your pick. He have twenty three daughters. Danny: Those are his daughters? Why the dirty old beggar! Peachy Carnehan: Now, now Danny. Different countries, different ways. He's only being h...
There’s a huge difference for taking responsibility for one’s actions, and taking credit, and in this scenario I think we need to give credit where credit is due. I won’t take responsibility for my teacher’s drinking problem, but I will take ...
You cannot thrive under the wrong stars, Kricket… the stars here are in opposition to you… can’t you feel it?… Let us take you home.
To make a difference in the world, it only takes one optimistic person, who can gather millions of people to make the change.
We don't think of them as acting, but we take on certain characteristics based on where we function, and those relationships draw out aspects of who we are as people. And that's what acting is. Different parts draw out different parts of your nature.
In some ways, we will always be different. In other ways, we will always be the same. There is always room to disagree and blame, just as there is always room to take a new perspective and empathize. Understanding is a choice.
Can I just say that I don't care if two planes or trains or whatever take off from different locations at different times and travel at different speeds. I am not traffic control, so why the hell would I care what time they'd pass each other?
Life might take you down different roads. But each of you gets to decide which one to take.
Just as extreme love, in a marriage, for example, can turn to hate. They're the same coin, just different sides.
I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader.
It takes a real man to see the difference between a diamond and a rhinestone. Can't be mad when someone else takes the diamond, that you treated like a rhinestone
