John Shimkus Quotes
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The world is always in movement.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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I am not a prisoner of conscious, but people try to make me one sometimes. It is both a gift and a curse. It's a high honour but can create limitations - I have to be fluid.
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But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people.
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Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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Oh, I find it very easy to fall in love.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed.
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Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which the skill of the shrewdest brains is devoted to misleading a bewildered people.
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'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audiences.
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I was not only typecast as a Russian, but I was typecast as Yakov Smirnoff. This is understandable, and I was very happy to get the roles, but it would be nice to be in a movie where I could be someone else.
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When you get old and play every day like I did, it's hard. Hard on your body. You start to get sore. You gain weight. But that makes me work harder, be stronger in my mind, and show I can still play.
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I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
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Rosa Parks inspired many. She will not be forgotten.
