Charles T. Canady Quotes
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My hunger is always there.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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I led the life of an intellectual up until a certain age. I remember Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams' was a big favorite when I was 11. It sounded so interesting. And it really was!
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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I will find that special person who is wrong for me in just the right way.
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It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can.
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What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.
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Time and space are only forms of thought.
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I love being a judge, and I anticipate being a judge for the rest of my life.
