Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz) Quotes
American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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I always love to push myself, because I am not so self-confident.
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It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away.
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Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reproduce more frequently among themselves than they do with individuals in other groups.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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I have this threadbare caftan from the '60s that I got at a vintage store years ago - it's basically a muumuu. My friends are astonished that I wear it, but I love it. It's this light fabric that just moves with me.
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It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
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But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I haven't read enough of the Bible. You know, I'm saving the Bible for if I ever get imprisoned, and the only reading material was the Bible.
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I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.
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Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'
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The Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life.
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I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
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For me, everything has always been an accident.
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I've always maintained there is no incompatibility between Islam and democracy. The Europeans in general confuse Islam and Islamism. Islamism is a political movement that instrumentalises the religion to get to power, which has nothing to do with religion. Islam here in Tunisia is a religion of openness, of tolerance.
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American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is.
