J. K. Simmons Quotes
Fortunately, for the first 20 years in my career, I didn't have any other responsibilities outside of myself. I didn't have a wife and kids, so I could afford to sort of barely scrape by, to do theater.J. K. Simmons
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
Oren Peli -
When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
Aaron Rodgers -
I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
Aasif Mandvi -
I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.
Aarti Sequeira -
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
K. D. Lang -
Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
Rachel Kushner
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
Warren Bennis -
One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
Madeleine Albright -
There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
D. B. Weiss -
I want to win football games.
Victor Cruz -
I like what it is to sing, or to be with the others singing, to make music, but the fuss and all the things that are the exterior part of a career, has never interested me.
Victoria de los Angeles -
Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
Imelda May -
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
Yahoo Serious -
I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
J. P. Donleavy -
There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical.
Randy Pausch -
I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
Barbara Bush -
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler
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I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game, and I've been competing with men my whole life.
Carly Fiorina -
If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.
Ken Liu -
Current and former Assistant Attorneys General have a duty to follow all rules related to the practice of law in the state of Texas.
Jeffrey C. Mateer -
Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
Damien Rice -
When I get real excited, my muscles go into spasm, so they just shake.
Zach Anner -
Fortunately, for the first 20 years in my career, I didn't have any other responsibilities outside of myself. I didn't have a wife and kids, so I could afford to sort of barely scrape by, to do theater.
J. K. Simmons