Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda (Chico Buarque) Quotes
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It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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Our career had a sort of funny shape.
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The Spirit of the Holy Ghost is the teacher in the temple. He teaches principles of eternal significance. It is during these instructions that we see the relationship between the earthly and the eternal. We must remember that the Spirit teaches only those who are teachable.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Making the 'An Idiot Abroad' series, I was really dreading going to India; I thought I'd hate it. It was a nightmare, and I was really ill - just like everyone says.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.
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The message of 'Star Trek,' if there is one, seems to be that we should try to live up to the very best that we're capable of.
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Everyone is your friend if you say yes, but say no and watch how they react. It's been a huge life lesson for me.
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For me it's also - the music is equally as important. I mean I think as somebody who writes music, there just has to sort of be the marriage between both.
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The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.
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Most people know my music but will never read my books.
