Jimmy Smits Quotes
The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.
Jimmy Smits
Quotes to Explore
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
Hanya Yanagihara
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
Inge de Bruijn
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The earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
Orlando Bloom
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
Kara DioGuardi
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
Ram Kapoor
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
Yoko Ono
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It should be the historian's business not to belittle but to illuminate the greatness of man's spirit.
C. V. Wedgwood
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I think a playful critique is good for all of us, and that's basically how I see satire functioning. But I'm not interested in a kind of contemptuous satirical vision; I try always, even when I'm knowingly being satirical, to also be humane, but I mean, let's face it: there's plenty in American life to make fun of, and we all participate in it.
Jennifer Egan
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There are very few films that I've ever seen in my life that would be as silent or vacant as something like Jeremiah Johnson, and that to me was unbelievably captivating. You can see the same about [The Outlaw] Josey Wales: there's very little dialogue, and yet it contains such a deep, rich story. I've always thought of the western as American storytelling at its best.
Kiefer Sutherland
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More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.
Billy Joel
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The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.
Jimmy Smits
