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Prayer is where the action is.

Quotes by John Wesley

I wasn't interested in having to live with a camera - I have a hard enough time getting along with myself. I don't need cameras around and all that action.

Quotes by John Trudell

We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong.

Quotes by John Thaw

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient.

Quotes by John Stuart Mill

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

Quotes by John Shelby Spong

You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.

Quotes by John Romero

Republicans can be a funny bunch. They're against affirmative action, but they always seem to be able to find people of color to fill a slot just when they're most needed.

Quotes by John Ridley

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

Quotes by John Prendergast

As this body of knowledge has evolved, a much more critical job for researchers and scientists has evolved into explaining and educating policy makers and the public to the risks of global warming and the possible consequences of action or...

Quotes by John Olver

I knew I wanted to do a movie, an action movie, and when I left WWE in 2011, I didn't specifically know. I didn't leave to do 'Boone: The Bounty Hunter.'

Quotes by John Morrison

Before I did any action movies, I did a couple of thrillers. That's hung around for me.

Quotes by John McTiernan

The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.

Quotes by John Marshall

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

Quotes by John Mason Brown

I really don't storyboard unless it's an action sequence of some kind, but I plan carefully.

Quotes by John Lee Hancock

The conventional Aristotelian plot proceeds by means of a protagonist, an antagonist, and a series of events comprising a rising action, climax and denouement.

Quotes by John Kessel

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us.

Quotes by John Jay Chapman

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

Quotes by John Kasich

I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on.

Quotes by John Hughes

To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the action. It's got to talk about the characters, not the story: it has to augment that...

Quotes by John Hughes

But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just...

Quotes by John Hutton

Frequently Asked Questions

Did these speakers plan on doing action roles?
Not really. One admits, "I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened," while another explains they "didn't go into this business to do action" because of a classical-theater background, yet found they were "good at kicking and punching."
Is there a quote about being underrepresented in action roles?
Yes — one speaker reflects on how rare their combination of background is in the genre, noting there are "so few guys who do action and do it well," and even fewer with classical-theater training. For more on standing out through personal traits, see our Character quotes.
Do any of these quotes contrast action with thinking?
One does, memorably: "What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action." It draws a sharp line between ideas and actually doing something.
Is classical training mentioned as useful for action work?
Yes — one speaker points to their "classical-theater training" as something they bring into action work, even though it's not the most obvious background for the genre. For more on playful ways of exploring a theme, check out our Rhymes collection.
Where can I find more quotes about living with purpose and action?
Our Life quotes explore that same idea of doing versus just thinking, and our Always quotes are worth a look too.

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