Jim Parsons Quotes
The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.
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I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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One of our first jobs was at Saba Software. We were helping them build their products for the cloud. We wanted to build our own product and move away from consulting. We were looking for a change. The CEO of Saba introduced me to Marc Benioff.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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There is no one true church.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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A married woman has the same natural right to acquire and hold property, and to make all contracts that she is mentally competent to make reasonably, as has a married man, or any other man.
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Home court changes everything. If you have home court, you're expected to win.
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When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
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In America we have big issues with education - in impoverished communities especially. I work with Teach For All, and so we're encouraging more people to get into teaching.
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The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.
