Jimmy Smits Quotes
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Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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If you always feel like an imposter, you work harder, and that makes you better at your job. You've got to keep a level of variation; otherwise, you'll end up talking about nails and beauty products all the time.
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I am not surprised that other gases may participate in cellular signaling and regulation. Our early work with nitric oxide was just the beginning. I'm sure more will be discovered.
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There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care.
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The latest technology is not always good for anything except to the producers of the technology.
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If I still lived in Russia, I'd be dead... or a really effective oligarch.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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We mustn't be afraid of the truth.
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Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because this person directed it and you have to be associated with these people. In some ways, I have thrown that out.
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Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.'
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Let's remember, the CIA's job is to go out and create wars.
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I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.
