Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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Computers are wasteful of paper and time. Once, we'd get documents with a few errors. Now, people make hundreds of copies until each sheet is flawless and memos are duplicated endlessly. Managers get swamped with emails.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.
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If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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How can you think and hit at the same time?
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When people ask me what I miss most about the game, it's being in the locker room and getting to know the guys. Back in those days, we had roommates. We had to talk basketball and that was a great way to understand the game itself and form those lasting relationships.
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I just want to sit in my room and write books.
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
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I've worked with some very good directors and some very bad ones. I learned a great deal from both. From the bad, untalented people, you learn what not to do. And when you work with very highly talented people, you want to emulate them.
