Jimmy Smits Quotes
It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.
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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not 'clean up,' but they mature. It is a city where people spend a significant time in their lives, and then they move on.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
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To play something which is a big spectrum is so much more fun, so much more of a challenge.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.
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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
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And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met many more people who have recognized how vital it is to their healing and to the quality of their life to interpret their experiences differently. That is why some of the people I've met who have life-challenging illnesses are much happier than some people I've known who are physically quite healthy and yet who live lives of greater desperation and depression.
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I always watch superhero movies, and I like the action and the fighting and all the different kinds of powers.
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The thing about Parsons compared to the other schools is that it really teaches you how to be a designer, whereas some of the other schools teach you to sketch or teach you the technical skills. But the curriculum at Parsons when I was there was how do you put a collection together, as well as all the technical stuff. It's the best training.
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Be where the acting is. I live in Houston. Dallas is 4 1/2 hours away. I let them know there's no difference.
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I always have a ping-pong table in the studio. If you're with an artist and you notice the situation is going south a little bit, it's like, 'You wanna play ping-pong or foosball?' Or, 'You wanna go grab somethin' to eat?' And then you just like talk to them and relax them and get them comfortable and get yourself comfortable.
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It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.
