Jimmy Smits Quotes
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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I learned from an early age that my heritage, my love for people, and my desire to be a vehicle that can be used through my voice, that my expressions and actions can transport a person to experience a scene from the past, present and future.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I spend a lot of time balancing between faith and disbelief.
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On 11 September, I was living in Greenwich Village, New York; my children learned to tell south from north by looking at the World Trade Center.
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It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it.
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There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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I think it's funny because on 'Glee Project,' there's that added pressure, but with 'Glee,' there's no element of competition. No one's trying to dance better than anyone. But there's that added pressure of, 'So many people are going to watch 'Glee' this week. If I don't nail this dance, I look like an idiot.'
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Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.
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A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
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I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.
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As a field archeologist, one usually has to specialize in a particular part of the world or specific culture, whereas if one is a materials specialist, one can jump around to different areas. So I've had experience on excavations all over the place.
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Getting past my past... was a process, a very serious process indeed.
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You have to be really careful with what you put out on social media and who you're talking to online.
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Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.
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I would remake 'Club Paradise.' I thought the story was cool, the setting was great. Everything lined up, except I wrote it for Bill Murray and John Cleese.
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When I started to play, all the coaches said it didn't make sense for me to try to play tennis because I was too small. They said I would never make it. But this was something that motivated me. I really wanted to make it.
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I don't mean to in any way impugn the makers of Bentley, but that car is nuts. When I do drive, I drive a Toyota Prius. So driving around the streets of Albuquerque in a Bentley made me feel so fake-a-rooney.
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Every time someone downloads a picture, the photographers get paid about 30% of what we charge.
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I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.
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The hits and the misses. I just want to keep the at-bats solid.
