The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe, controlled ways.
American actor and film director
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He's the face you trust to hunt a fugitive or stare down an alien — that granite scowl and West Texas deadpan made Tommy Lee Jones the go-to for lawmen, marshals, and men who don't waste words.
Born September 15, 1946, Jones spent decades in smaller projects before the 1990s locked him in as a leading man built for gruff authority. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor playing U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive in 1993, and earned three more nominations across JFK, In the Valley of Elah, and Lincoln. He anchored the Men in Black franchise as Agent K, played a Texas Ranger in the miniseries Lonesome Dove, and won an Emmy as executed murderer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song. He's directed too — The Good Old Boys, The Sunset Limited — but it's the face and the voice,…
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The old-timers thought, Well, fire's bad; we'll get rid of it. That was certainly a mistake. We have to get it back into the system somehow, in safe, controlled ways.
Create turf, save water. Those are the two main principles. And, you know, keep everything alive. Maintain a game habitat.
I'm one of those people who feels that agriculture is a creative act. It's a very fine art — that's the way I approach it.
It makes me feel like a very special person, that I'm able to make my living with my imagination.
I'm really concerned about the quality of education in the United States. I think it's going down, and I don't think we spend enough money on it.
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