Marlen Esparza Quotes
People need to treat animals like they would treat a kid. You have to take care of it, make sure they are happy and they have anything they need. If you don’t have the time, then you don’t need an animal. … I want people to be aware of what is around them. Just because they don’t want to deal with it, doesn’t mean they can shut it out.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception.
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I always wanted to be a surgeon, because I had a lot of admiration for my father, who is also a surgeon. I also wanted to be a heart surgeon. That was motivated by the fact that my young aunt, a sister of my dad, died in her early 20s of a correctable heart disease.
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I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.
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If you are the person who gets the lion's share of attention in good times, guess what: you get the lion's share of attention in bad times.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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You cannot hinder someone's free will, that's the first law of the Universe, no matter what the decision.
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Give lettered pomp to teeth of Time,So 'Bonnie Doon' but tarry;Blot out the epic’s stately rhyme,But spare his 'Highland Mary!'
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People forget I did highlights for four years at halftime on ABC.
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People need to treat animals like they would treat a kid. You have to take care of it, make sure they are happy and they have anything they need. If you don’t have the time, then you don’t need an animal. … I want people to be aware of what is around them. Just because they don’t want to deal with it, doesn’t mean they can shut it out.
