Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.

Tommy Lee Jones

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• Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.

  

  Tommy Lee Jones
  • Sometimes
  • Stupid
  • Boring