Jimmy Smits Quotes
That 'who's the sexiest' business is a crock that the media cooked up to sell magazines, so while I say thank you very much, I don't put much stock in it.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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It's not any desire on my part to start playing dads, but it's a convention of drama. If you don't get the parts of young people going out to nightclubs, you have to play their fathers.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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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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We have an epidemic of gun violence in America, and in trying to understand how that has happened, part of what we need to do is help equip our children to respond not with fear but with kindness. This has to be the way we go forward.
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My mother had a great vinyl collection, and she was constantly playing female singer-songwriters. I first learned about classic song structures by listening to them, and Laura Nyro particularly stood out. Her voice was outside what you'd usually hear on the radio; that really appealed to me.
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I'm a believer in bipartisanship.
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I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.
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I love writing. I really look up to Lena Dunham, who writes and directs her show. That's something I might want to do when I'm older.
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That 'who's the sexiest' business is a crock that the media cooked up to sell magazines, so while I say thank you very much, I don't put much stock in it.
