J. K. Simmons Quotes
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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The kitchen is tough. It's one of the last bastions in civilized culture that sets out to crush the spirit.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without paying any attention to labels, conventions or silly critical fads.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I've always admired Cate Blanchett and the roles she chooses. I think she's got an incredible discipline in a way, with choosing roles that are going to help her grow and bring something interesting to the world.
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Should-haves solve nothing. It's the next thing to happen that needs thinking about.
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Sundance is such an acquisition-frenzied, industry-centric experience, and at SXSW, many of the movies have distribution. And the focus is more on positioning the movie as opposed to selling them. People are more relaxed.
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Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
