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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Hilda Reiss was the head of the Everyday Art Gallery. Hilda Reiss came from Germany, had trained at the original Bauhaus in Germany, and her training inspired her to think of anything that she liked as art.
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People who are constantly looking for the opportunity to do something new are also people who are not going to be helped by having job titles - job titles create expectations of specialization and focus which don't map really well to creating the best possible experience for your customers.
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Agents have enormous power that studios relinquished to them. The studios, when I first came to Hollywood, that's where the power was.
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People say, 'Why would you go get the free agents? Well, look at the guys we wouldn't have on our football team.
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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.
