Xavier Becerra Quotes
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Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear, drawn up with letters, and only in football is the field itself lined like a sheet of notebook paper.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Every book series owes J.K. Rowling a debt of gratitude.
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I never expected to be approached for an ad campaign.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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Call me tacky, but I love the union of sweet and sour, even in some now-unloved Oriental dishes incorporating pineapple and ketchup.
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I love 'Titanic' and the idea that you're kind of rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to survive despite the fact that you know that they're not going to.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want.
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I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
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Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.
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You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.
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I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values.
