Jimmy Smits Quotes
I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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I don't like controversy.
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Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.
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We've been brought up to pick one thing in life and become really good at just that. But that's never what I wanted to be. I was always interested in many things at the same time, and I wanted to try all of them at the same time, too.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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Many ethnic minorities chafed at the postcolonial nationalism of India and Pakistan, and some rebelled.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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There's nothing regular about my life at all, really. I don't keep a regular schedule and every day is different. It's all rather chaotic.
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
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I don't feel tentative when I start to write. I've usually thought about a novel or novella for several years and created a lot of juice and density and energy by that time so by the time I get ready to go, I just let 'er fling, you know.
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I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.
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I saw a documentary on the Naadam festival that happens in Mongolia during the summer. One of the features of it is a horse race across the plains that all the young men enter - some as young as 12 years old. It's such a spectacular sight. It's incredible to think that this is a tradition that has been going on for centuries.
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I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a baby.
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I'm happy that just about on every other show there's a Latino somewhere present, and we're not all the cooks anymore.
