J. K. Simmons Quotes

Most of my friends - when I was five, six, seven years old - their dads were working in an auto plant in Detroit until 5:30, and then they were sat in rush hour. They weren't around as much. My dad finished at three o'clock, so he was just around more.

J. K. Simmons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1955

Topics

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I urge the Bush Administration to rethink its priorities. We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

Joe Lieberman

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If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the 'right' thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It's like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

Robert Kiyosaki

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I always steal a pair of socks on every photo shoot I do. It's my thing.

Matt Smith

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Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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I don't think that everything on Broadway relates to us, and I think that's why we as black people don't always go to Broadway shows, but shows like 'What's on the Hearts of Men' has a lot of issues that can relate to black families, and that's why I enjoy it.

Stephanie Mills

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You always want to see the NFL try to protect the players.

Tony Dorsett

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Donald Trump gets it: he's the genuine article. He's a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers. And when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn't tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness.

Mike Pence

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If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't.

Mike White

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Spain is not a racist country.

Juan Antonio Samaranch

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I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

Compay Segundo

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I cannot be a placard waver for every campaign; that's why I have mostly kept quiet about gay marriage.

Clare Balding

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I'm a true professional. I don't play no acting games, and I take pride in my work and being a professional.

Antonio Brown

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