Jimmy Smits Quotes
Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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I do not like violence.
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I love ensemble work. I love making pieces and building things together.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again. As soon as I finished the book, I moved to Hong Kong so that I could work undisturbed on my next novel.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Ethan's been around so long, it's a great credit to him. He might be as good a long-snapper as we've ever had. I put a lot of stock in snapping, and we pay him a lot of money to snap the ball.
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I started to play noise on my cello because I felt a deep personal connection to it. I mean, I still love all the beautiful sounds of the cello as much as anybody but it's only when I play certain sounds I know that the cello really presents who I am; not my emotions but who I am as a person.
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'Were I to use the wits the good Spirits gave me,' he said, 'then I would say this lady can not exist - for what sane man would hold a dream to be reality. Yet rather would I not be sane and lend belief to charmed, enchanted eyes.'
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As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are.
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I look for good people and people that will be like-minded and help me try to do good for other human beings.
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Just give me a good role that allows me to hone my craft, and I am a pretty happy camper.
