Can Do Something Quotes - Page 9

• The responsibility of the writer as a moral agent is to try to bring the truth about matters of human significance to an audience that can do something about them.

  Noam Chomsky

  Responsibility, Trying, Agents

  Noam Chomsky (1996). “Powers and Prospects: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.56, Pluto Press

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• Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive, I pursue those kinds of ideas more. The world needs less destruction. And destruction is kind of “easy,” too.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Fun, Ideas, Watches

  "'Yes, people know me as Saul Goodman': Bob Odenkirk and David Cross talk reunion, 'Breaking Bad,' 'Mr. Show'". Interview with Mike Thomas, www.salon.com. November 14, 2015.

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• That's what the drummer is supposed to do. Keep the time. If you can do something else besides that, fine. But the time is essential and non-negotiable.

  Elvin Jones

  Essentials, Drummer, Fine

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• If you can do something with your eyes closed, it is time to try something new.

  Kathie Lee Gifford

  Eye, Trying, Something New

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• Man's tragedy is that when he can do something, in the end he will always do it

  Jacques Attali

  Men, Tragedy, Ends

  Jacques Attali (2009). “A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-first Century”, Arcade Publishing

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• Every single one of us can do something, however small, to make a difference.

  Desmond Tutu

  Differences, Making A Difference, Can Do

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• I think I'm not in this work to not look at life as it is. I'm not in it to say, "I want to wear a mask and escape," you know. I want to know what's happening in the world, and I want to have it touch me in a way that I can do something, my little part like that, and have it somehow translate.

  Jake Gyllenhaal

  Thinking, Looks, World

  "10 Years After 'Brokeback,' Jake Gyllenhaal Remembers Heath Ledger: 'Way Beyond His Years as a Human'". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 25, 2015.

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• I finally feel like I'm becoming somebody. I really think like I can do something. I just know I'm going to be an actress. I want it so bad.

  Anna Nicole Smith

  Thinking, Want, Actresses

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.

  Natalie Massenet

  Believe, Different, Moments

  "Natalie Massenet: The Chairman of Cool" by Mike Albo, www.glamour.com. October 30, 2013.

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• To live a great life, you must believe in yourself. Let these quotes help you to create a mindset for believing in yourself... Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.

  Henry Ford

  Believe, Helping, Mindset

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• Things that don't have a big impact seem to be crucial. Always when you go out to make a movie you have questions, "What if this doesn't work? What if that doesn't work?" you want to cover yourself, you want to bring back enough [footage] so you can do something.

  Ang Lee

  Impact, Over You, What If

  "Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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• Bonobos don't really have that darker side. So that's where they could really help us is how could it be that a species that has a brain a third of the size of ours can do something that with all our technological prowess we can't accomplish? Which is to not kill each other.

  Claudine Andre

  Brain, Sides, Size

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Because Jesus Christ is a man, He feels what we feel. Because He is God, He can do something about it.

  Tony Evans

  Jesus, Men, Christ

  Tony Evans (2008). “Theology You Can Count On: Experiencing What the Bible Says About... God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, Angels, Salvation...”, p.396, Moody Publishers

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• Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.

  Peter Benenson

  Rights, Justice, Support

  The Amnesty International Report, p. 22, 2002.

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• We actually are waiting for more people to be killed before we can do something that makes sense. We don't kill enough people in aviation to merit regulatory changes.

  Deborah Hersman

  Airplane, People, Safety

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• This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

  Hubert H. Humphrey

  Wisdom, Mean, Generations

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• If you can do something and not blow your own horn, it sure sounds a lot better.

  Don Meyer

  Basketball, Blow, Sound

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• But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me.

  Juliette Binoche

  Believe, Mean, Judging

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• We're starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we're doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that's unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience's carbon footprint is 10,000 times bigger than ours... That's the carbon footprint we want to conquer.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Encouragement, Business, Unique

  Rupert Murdoch's Speech on Carbon Neutrality, www.theaustralian.com.au. May 10, 2007.

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• I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better.

  Nan Goldin

  Photography, Something Better, I Can

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• If you can do something about a situation, why worry? And if you can't do something about a situation, why worry?

  Dalai Lama

  Worry, Situation, Ifs

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• I think the two sides to me are the same as two sides to anybody. In relation to the link between doing the label and being a DJ, it goes back to the thing of necessity. It's the only way I feel I can do something creative that's going to satisfy me.

  Erol Alkan

  Thinking, Two Sides, Creative

  Source: thequietus.com

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• My main message to folks who love animals is that you can do something every day to help them. Even if you have no money or time, per se, you can find ways to contribute on any level: sharing shelter animals on social media, donating old blankets or towels to a local shelter, starting a petition online for an animal cause.

  Alison Eastwood

  Animal, Media, Levels

  "Alison Eastwood: Growing up in Hollywood, keeping grounded, and helping animals in need". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• And with this show we're trying to be a little sillier. We can do a piece like one we wrote the other day called "Ghost Busters Busters". Where would never do that in a million years on Mr. Show, but somehow on this show it's silly and stupid and a little more disposable, so we can do something like that.

  B. J. Porter

  Stupid, Silly, Years

  Source: www.dead-frog.com

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• If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

  Alexis Taylor

  Sound, Melody, Stills

  "Hot Chip". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 8, 2012.

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