Jimmy Smits Quotes

As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

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• If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Road
  • Internet
  • Name

• Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Powerful
  • Media

• I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can't get bitter, we can't get jaded.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Up
  • Think
  • Grow

• Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.

  

  Larry Brown
  • School
  • Kids
  • Worship

• I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.

  

  Pat Burns
  • Life
  • End
  • My Life

• As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

  

  T. V. Carpio
  • Up
  • Trying
  • New

• A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

  

  Naomi Judd
  • Good
  • End
  • Street

• I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.

  

  Katharine Cornell
  • Amazing
  • Woman
  • Performances

• I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Way
  • Never
  • Air

• I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Never
  • Underestimate

• I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • People
  • World
  • Respect

• I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!

  

  Garrett Clayton
  • Growing
  • Mom
  • Horror

• I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.

  

  Nathan Fielder
  • Character
  • Reading
  • Moment

• Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • May
  • Purpose

• A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• All I ever wanted to do is make music.

  

  Caleb Johnson
  • Music
  • Wanted
  • Ever

• To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Men
  • Women
  • Truth

• Half the time, people will be abusing me on Twitter, and half the time, somebody will be praising me. So either it will go to my head, or I will take it to my heart. So better I stay away from it.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • People
  • Time
  • Heart

• When you make a movie, you don't know how it'll turn out. You can only guess.

  

  David MacKenzie
  • Movie

• Some people are saying, 'Justin Bieber is racist.' Is he? I don't know.

  

  Don Lemon
  • People

• My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.

  

  Melissa Bean
  • Work
  • Different
  • Team

• All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
  • Life
  • School
  • Book

• I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Up
  • Time
  • Kids

• As an actor, you think to yourself, 'I want to do good work,' but you also want the work that you do to make an impact in some way.

  

  Jimmy Smits
  • Good
  • Work