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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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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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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I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.
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The biggest compliments I've heard about 'That Metal Show' are the ones from people that say that they don't even listen to this kind of music, but, 'We love watching the show.'
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That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; The ornament of beauty is suspect, A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
