Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

There's an undeniable tradition of sexism in this country that ties into the move westward by people of European descent and different ways of looking at Manifest Destiny on the west side of the Mississippi River.

Tommy Lee Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 15, 1946

Topics

RiverPeopleLookingDestinyCountry

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'

John Green

HabitRememberWantKidLikeLives

It's kind of interesting when you sign on to a show because you're basically signing on to play a character because you only really see the first episode of the show.

Megan Park

CharacterInterestingYouPlayKind

The aggregate of everybody's emotion, it's such a powerful thing. You can see it in the Trump rallies, where people - I just know, in their living rooms, would be better people - are driven to the worst possibilities by the bloodlust in a crowd. It just gets ginned up, and they're outside of themselves.

Meryl Streep

PeopleBetterPossibilitiesPowerful

I don't really have a domestic inclination. Even my apartment has a semblance of a storage facility. It's just stacks, there are no bookshelves, just books and piles of stamp collections and weird little sewing and knitting projects.

Sufjan Stevens

WeirdSewingApartmentStorageJust

I'm a spazzer, you know?

Dimebag Darrell

YouKnow

When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.

Dean Norris

PeopleMeComedyYouPlayTiming

The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.

Chelsea Leyland

LoveMusicBestDanceHappyPeople

Being in a class with kids, meeting new people, and borrowing notes from other students - I've never done that before. I've always had to fend for myself.

Chloe Kim

MyselfPeopleMeetingNewDone

My smile has been my ticket to the world. Smiling releases the same feel-good hormones you get jogging. Caring for your lips and gums is important. I brush my teeth morning and night, alternating toothpaste brands. In addition to flossing, I use a Water Pik to massage my gums and remove food particles.

Christie Brinkley

SmileMorningWaterFoodCaringYou

I know I play into that image out there, but I try to say it is a fantasy. I look at my own pictures and wish I could look like that. There are probably five people in this whole entire world who actually look like that.

Cindy Margolis

PeopleWorldWishLookPlayKnow

I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.

Antonio Tabucchi

PeopleGoLeadWhoFullSatisfying

If I lead my life according to someone else, I've screwed my life up.

Anushka Sharma

LifeMy LifeSomeoneLeadUpElse

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