Cheech Marin Quotes
To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I'm a Chicano because I say I am.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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A bad hair day for me is when it gets flat and greasy.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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Americans are generally decent and fair people with a commitment to sense, but some of us, swept up by our passions, wade too far into a sea of sensibility.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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The post-totalitarian malady has taken its most acute form in Romania. And it has taken place for very specific reasons. The repression here has been more cruel, more brutal, than in other states caught in the inferno of a 'socialist paradise.'
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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Will I miss Gandalf? Well, I don't miss him, because people are constantly coming up to me mentioning him and talking about him, so I don't feel that I've lost contact.
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It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected, I believe by everyone in public life regardless of your political party.
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We all, as actors, have to fight these battles, where it's like, 'OK, that's a little far-fetched.'
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I totally think that the likelihood upon this whole galaxy and universe, we are the only ones... I don't think we are.
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To me, you have to declare yourself a Chicano in order to be a Chicano. That makes a Chicano a Mexican-American with a defiant political attitude that centers on his or her right to self-definition. I'm a Chicano because I say I am.
