J. K. Simmons Quotes

The first thing I did that was at all in the public eye, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the head of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.

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 don't have an M.B.A. I have a doctoral degree in philosophy - nineteenth-century German philosophy, to be precise.

Matthew Stewart

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Instead of writing thrillers to pay for my train bills, I was actually now going to medical school in order to have something to write about.

Michael Crichton

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The Champions League is the competition everyone wants to be in.

Steven Gerrard

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My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.

Troian Bellisario

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The line of demarcation between history and legend is too thin to observe while writing; the two overlap each other unconsciously and unknowingly.

Lobsang Tenzin

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Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.

Douglas Coupland

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You just never know how back injuries are going to affect you.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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Any kids out there, don't base your homework on 'Merlin.' Just enjoy it and then read the books.

Colin Morgan

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After Shakespeare, Dickens is the great creator of characters, multiple characters.

Claire Tomalin

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I knew I had to make a sacrifice to do what I've always wanted to do.

Brandy Norwood

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If you want to go for the title, you go for the title, and you fight. You don't run away; you fight.

Bobby Lashley

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For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.

Scott Turow

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