Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.
Quotes to Explore
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I didn't like the idea of changing myself for the industry. I felt to have my teeth straightened and bleached and to starve myself to change my body was not respecting who I was.
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I've been writing for a long time, and I've loved comic books for a long time - forever - but I had to learn how to write in a different way to write sequential art for a graphic novel. It's been an interesting transition.
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Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.
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I love apple juice.
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I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.
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The Clayr Saw a sword and so I was. Remember the Wallmakers. Remember Me.
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When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
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'That’s another thing about emperors-and regents,' Gareth said. 'They aren’t very fond of changes, even if the changes are for the better.'
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Textbooks are Soviet propaganda.
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
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In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.
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Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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True happiness springs from moderation.
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Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.
