When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about.
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
The objective of politics is always to build scenarios in which persons' horizons can be expanded evermore. Any political action that is aimed at restricting individuals' horizons is, as I see it, a regressive action in relation to the political values that I embrace.
The wrongful arrest of tens of thousands of British Muslims after the September 11 attacks can be explained by the very poor intelligence the police had, and, just possibly, excused by the fact that a terrorist action in Britain linked to British Muslims would have been hugely damaging.
I don't really like talking. I like to execute. I'm not a talking person. I'm an action person.
Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
I think when the president of the United States calls for military action, he should do it for a united people, especially when the methods have been so cruel, so explicitly directed at Americans.
For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.
Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.
I want do some kind of action movie, car chases and explosions.
The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through 10 minutes of exposition.
In my view, the military action taken in Iraq in 2003 was not lawful under international law because there was no U.N. resolution expressly authorising it.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.
I know, a lot of the films I've done, it's obvious I'm going to beat up six guys and just walk out the door. There's not a lot of motivating factors - it's just action for the sake of action.
The third fallacy is that affirmative action doesn't work.
