Jimmy Smits Quotes
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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Acting is the most insecure profession in the world - you're insecure if you're successful, you're insecure if you're not. A tightrope walk without a net. It's a miracle I'm still standing!
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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I don't want my children to have any kind of ego or entitlement because of what I do. I want them to be good people, and we fight every day so that they'll be that way.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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In Washington, I am a leader on the issues that matter to my community, and I think that's what my constituents want, and also I think that's what voters want. Someone who understands them, who wants to represent them, and who works tirelessly every day on behalf of their interests and their values.
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Speaking in broken Telugu is one thing, and dubbing is another.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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Many a one cannot loosen his own fetters, but is nevertheless his friend's emancipator.
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I am looking at opening a school of social engineering. The McAfee School of Social Engineering has a nice ring to it. Beyond that, it is hard to say what life will bring my way.
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Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
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The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.
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Do we have the right now to tell them that when Saint Francis begged the Lord to teach him to want to console instead of seeking to be consoled - to teach him to want to love instead of desiring to be loved - that he was really being selfish? Because he knew the only way to be fulfilled and pleased and happy was to give instead of trying to get.
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There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.
