Jimmy Smits Quotes
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It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.'
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Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits.
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I love New York - maybe more than Los Angeles or London. I think I'm happiest in New York.
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No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
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No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.
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When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.
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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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The limitless loving devotion to God, and the gift God makes of Himself to you, are the highest elevation of which the heart is capable; it is the highest degree of prayer. The souls that have reached this point are truly the heart of the Church.
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After two years at UCLA, I decided to leave. I was convinced that no amount of education would help a black man get a job.
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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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I have so much fun because I love to meet the women who wear my shoes and meet the clients. That, to me, is the best part - getting to know the faces of the people who actually wear my shoes and getting to have a conversation with them.
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Societies should be judged by how they treat the weakest among them.
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It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
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I'd love to do theater. I've done so many plays in my life. I still think of that as my main thing.
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go.
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Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.
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You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good.
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When I was a kid, I was so homesick at all times.
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When you feel like this isn't your business, get out of the business.
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People need to be in charge of their development plan. They need to seek out their sponsors and their mentors and be very strategic.
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I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the latest thing possible.
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I'm not a big sweet guy, I have more of a savory palate.
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I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.
