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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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 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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Making your first feature film is actually impossible.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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Before I paint someone, I always ask, 'How much examination can your body take?' 'How much do you want me to see?'
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I want to save duets and collaborations for outside of the album. With the albums, I like it just being me.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!
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I have four horses, and they are my everything.
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People wasted so much time seeking out the love of their lives in the shape of a partner, when the truth was that for most the real loves of their lives were their children – and everyone else was dispensable.
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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.
