Jimmy Smits Quotes
I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.
Jimmy Smits
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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
Jack Nicholson
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
Jaclyn Smith
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I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.
Radha Mitchell
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I still have a young attitude.
Pat Morita
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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.
Samuel Alexander
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
Damian Lewis
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
Tasha Smith
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
Ramez Naam
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
Ban Ki-moon
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In general, I think comedy is more difficult to write, to direct, and to act successfully.
Jack Lemmon
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
J. D. Vance
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
Kara Swisher
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The cynic says 'blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.' I say 'blessed is he who expecteth everything, for he can't always be disappointed.'
Tallulah Bankhead
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My view is that, just as in many businesses, brands really matter. There will always be a role for destination sites. Eighty million users come to our destination. I think that will be the vast majority of our future business.
Meg Whitman
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We love to boast that we are a nation of immigrants - and we are. But there's a different sense of America among those who trace their bloodlines back through generations of sacrifice.
Kathleen Parker
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The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we develop godliness within us, and this being the case we shall become allied to godliness, which will in time become part and portion of our being.
Lorenzo Snow
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Actors, you have to wait for people to give you work, or you have to make your own stuff. But standup, I could just say, 'I want to do standup in 30 minutes,' and I can go do standup. Or I could just say, 'I want to do standup in a few weeks in this city.'
Hannibal Buress
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I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment.
Jimmy Smits
