Isabel Vargas Lizano (Chavela Vargas) Quotes
At the beginning they wanted me to sing as sweet as a flower, even Ernesto Alonso put me a strapless dress and high heels and as soon as I went down the stairs I fell. I didn't even make it to the stage.
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.
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I want to be the Joan of Arc of fashion. I want to be the link between the runway and the real woman.
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I would like to thank the 49 actors who appear on screen in 'Whiplash' for realizing Damien Chazelle's vision so beautifully.
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Constancy will always be the genius of love, the indication of that strength which constitutes the poet. A man should possess all women in his wife, like those squalid poetasters of the seventeenth century who made fair Irises and dazzling Chloes of their lowly Manons.
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I have high expectations of my audience, and in general, I would say they've met that.
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I'm not meant to run around trees. I can't throw my arms in the air and sing, I find that boring and irritating. Sweet romcoms are not my cup of tea. The film has to be a little twisted and quirky.
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My premise is that there's something hardwired into our DNA, that we as a species came and evolved from caves and clans and tribes, and therefore, we as a species care more about the things that are local to us than we care about the things that are 'over there' from us.
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If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.
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At the beginning they wanted me to sing as sweet as a flower, even Ernesto Alonso put me a strapless dress and high heels and as soon as I went down the stairs I fell. I didn't even make it to the stage.
