J. K. Simmons Quotes
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'
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We believe in the vision of 'Make in India,' and our proposed joint venture with Rafael is a step in this direction.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
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Most people write a lot of autobiography, but when I came to write autobiography I discovered that nothing interesting had ever happened to me. So I had to take the situation and invent stories to go with it.
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But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.
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I'm obsessed with being human.
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I'm just first of all looking for a part that's well written and speaks to me.
