Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
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There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
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I may be a star in the South, but when I go to Bollywood, I am a clean slate, a white paper. Whatever the director makes of me is what I will become for the audience.
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The first temptation, upon meeting an old friend after many years, is always to - look the other way.
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One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing 'the world' of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.
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The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.
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Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.
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Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to.
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Attack your instruments. Don't let them attack you.
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From the time I read my first Hemingway work, The Sun Also Rises, as a student at Soldan High School in St. Louis, I was struck with an affliction common to my generation: Hemingway Awe.
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The man you love cooking for you is good for you too.
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When you have a clear vision of your goal, it's easier to take the first step toward it.
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I once started out to walk around the world but ended up in Brooklyn, that Bridge was too much for me.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.
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What could equal the bliss? / The thrill of the first kiss / It'll blow right to you / It's never as good as the first time.
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Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile
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I was a swimmer growing up. I was a miler - like long, long distance. So I was in the water for four or five hours a day. That's not the way you want to spend your teenage years.
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Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win.
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Hollywood likes to put actors in boxes, and it likes to put Asian actors in really small boxes.
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In difficult times, people too often lose the ability to face the future optimistically. They begin to think about their tomorrow's negatively. They forget that the tough times will pass. They concentrate on the problems of today rather than on the opportunities of tomorrow. In so doing, they not only lose the potential of today, they also throw away the beauty of tomorrow.
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I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.
