LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) Quotes
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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A feeling of alienation existed in India about life in Pakistan because most of what was known was negative. So, everyone used to believe things in our country are always bad, and we don't lead a happy life. But this has changed to some extent. After watching our dramas, people now know that we lead our lives similar to the way they live.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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By asking a novel question that you don't know the answer to, you discover whether you can formulate a way of finding the answer, and you stretch your own mind, and very often you learn something new.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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I feel like the writers that I'm drawn to, the writers that I really cling to, are the writers who seem to be writing out of a desperate act. It's like their writing is part of a survival kit. Those are the writers that I just absolutely cherish and carry with me everywhere I go.
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'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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We are what we believe we are.
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I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.
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Life, Tavi reflected, seldom makes a gift of what one expects or plans for.
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I think me having kids is helpful. It opens up a new little area of your heart.
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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Stand up and face your fears, or they will defeat you.
