Jim Parsons Quotes
The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life. I can't shake it if I wanted to, but I don't want to.
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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A day may sink or save a realm.
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You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
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I'm always searching to learn more about our large and diverse country.
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I was the third son, and the family tradition was my dad always favored the oldest child.
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I think everybody thinks about death, but I’m not afraid of it. That’s one thing about this society – why is death a taboo? When I die I know I’m going back to the earth, I have no illusions about that, I don’t believe in an afterlife – it’s a natural, biological and chemical process to disintegrate back into the earth. If I die and people want to come to a small gathering to mark my life, people can dress and behave however they want. They can play table tennis on my coffin if they want, I’m just a vessel that’s going back to the earth. It’s the cycle of life.
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The theater I got to do informs every move I make as an actor and will for the rest of my life. I can't shake it if I wanted to, but I don't want to.
