Jimmy Smits Quotes

I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.

Jimmy Smits

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• People tell you you're having chemotherapy, but there are different types of chemotherapy, and you don't know which one you're going to get and how it's going to affect you. The people in the hospitals don't always have time to help you understand it.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • People
  • Time
  • Different

• I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Time
  • Important
  • Love

• When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Up
  • Good
  • Healthy

• You don't just wake up one morning and decide to become a singer-songwriter.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Up
  • You
  • Morning

• What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • People
  • Up
  • Fun

• You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Love
  • Keep
  • Prize

• One day, I want to make a PG film.

  

  Jackie Chan
  • Want
  • Day
  • Film

• When you work somewhere and you feel comfortable, you don't want to leave. You want to stay there forever.

  

  Felix Hernandez
  • Work
  • Want
  • You

• In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children.

  

  Parminder Nagra
  • Children
  • Character
  • Parents

• The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Money
  • American
  • Hope

• Negotiate with those who wish to talk - and take action against those who create mischief.

  

  Mamnoon Hussain
  • Action
  • Wish
  • Talk

• When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at Jon Jones' record when he was 10-0, who was his toughest guy? Stephan Bonnar, and he did not finish him. I have fought higher-caliber opponents at this stage in my career than Jon did in his at 9-1; His tenth fight was Matt Hammil.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Guy
  • Career
  • Professional

• Is there discrimination against women? Yes, like the old boys' network. And sometimes discrimination against women becomes discrimination against men: in hazardous fields, women suffer fewer hazards.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Discrimination

• I'd like to see Paris before I die... Philadelphia will do.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Die
  • See
  • Paris

• I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the administration of medicines and the application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air, light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet - all at the least expense of vital power to the patient.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • Power
  • Light
  • Air

• The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me.

  

  Irene Dunne

• Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen ...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • Sun
  • Chinese

• When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.

  

  King Bach
  • Time
  • King

• If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.

  

  Martin Luther
  • Love
  • Gift Of God
  • Law Of Christ

• Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

  

  Clint Smith
  • Education

• When you are faced with a test of faith, stay within the safety and security of the household of God. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.

  

  Neil L. Andersen
  • Together
  • Safety
  • Security

• I went to London and was excited to make the team, but to be honest, I was a bit dissatisfied with my performance there, and I'd really like to make up for that in Rio and get the best out of myself on the Olympic stage.

  

  Eloise Wellings
  • Up
  • Team

• We believe that Liberty will redefine what is considered an academically prestigious university in the future.

  

  Jerry Falwell, Jr.
  • Believe
  • Future

• I've been told that I wasn't Latino enough, which was code for 'street' enough.

  

  Jimmy Smits