Johnny Simmons Quotes
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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I hope that on my tombstone it says 'Born 1933, died 2043.' I hope that's my legacy.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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OK, magic boy, let's see who you really are.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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I always sang after every dinner or when we had people over or when we had a show in school. I just loved to be on stage and sing in front of people.
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Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.
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There is a supply for every demand.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
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Elegance is very dangerous. It's like TNT. A little goes a long way.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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I love working in New York.
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Careful writing is important for many reasons, not least that intelligent but hurried reporters will trust the presser, resulting in a cascade of secondary damage.
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I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me 'I love you.' … There is an African saying which is: 'Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.'
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We believe that what we possess we don't ultimately own. God is merely entrusting it to us. And one of the conditions of that trust is that we share what we have with those who have less. So, if you don't give to people in need, you can hardly call yourself a Jew. Even the most unbelieving Jew knows that.
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The bottom line is we must get off our duff and make an effort to succeed. Trust me on this, when you see someone successful in any of the arts they have been willing to make an extra effort.
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Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.
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Just trust those around you and trust yourself.
