Jimmy Smits Quotes
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One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes.
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
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My mother raised us to think that if we worked hard, and if we put our end of the bargain in, it would work out OK for us.
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It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground.
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The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.
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If I do have kids, I can't wait because I'm excited to go back to school to help them with their homework and remember how to do simple math. I think it's about staying curious and not losing the sense of wonder.
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Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or rather the hashish.
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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.
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I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.
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In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.
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My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.
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Nothing is as sad as seeing a person who used to have power have none.
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Children had a special status - protected from the outside world - and they dressed for the part in a way that made that special status immediately visible to themselves and the adults.
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Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
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I had lived in that part of London that used to be called Islington since I was eight. I attended a private school for girls, leaving at sixteen to work. That was in the year 2056. AS 127, if you use the Scion calendar.
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The problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids.
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Bob Crosby: That's like keeping the smog and throwing away Los Angeles.
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'Whatever situation you are facing, don’t let it overwhelm you. Stay focused because there is something far more important than that situation – your dream and your goals in life.'
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The basic idea is always constructed around piano or guitar and a voice, that's what we live and die by, because if you build up from that foundation, it's going to be strong.
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No matter what we predict for our futures, we're always wrong anyway. The only sensible thing to do is to live this life as it is right now. Leave what happens after you die till after you die.
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I look at Las Vegas, and I see the absolute best of what we are as Americans, and I see the absolute worst, in the same city.
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Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth.
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I couldn't see myself doing a traditional sitcom.
