J. K. Simmons Quotes
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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My main thing is music; it's what I do.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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My characters hope for better lives.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
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I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.
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Happiness seems made to be shared.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
