Jimmy Smits Quotes
I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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Understanding that being nervous, having doubts and lacking confidence are emotions that are human is how you deal with it. It is okay to feel that way... and then understanding that you can work through it.
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I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
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God is a freaking character, with enough foibles, tantrums, and paradoxical behaviors to supply a thousand screenplays. But who do you cast?
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
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Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term to describe portfolios that have been assembled for purposes other than serving the clients' best interests.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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While I have never been more excited about SecondMarket, I have chosen to move on from day-to-day management of the private company/fund business so that I can focus 100% of my energy on our digital currency business.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.
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Validation is easy - you run your site through a validator, and it's either valid or it isn't. The rest of the stuff, such as whether my logo or the biggest headline should be the h1 in my HTML, isn't so easy and is subject to interpretation.
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In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
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I think the idea is when you're on your death bed to say you did a lot of different, interesting things, not just that you have a more expensive lining in your coffin.
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I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
