Paulo Freire Quotes
It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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The country is stronger than the result of any one election. But we shouldn't forget that these are just ordinary people. I wish Americans would look at them level, not down or up - just level. It doesn't take some special dimension to be president.
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Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.
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I was elected to the Senate in 2010 by people worried about our country, worried about our kids and their future.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
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I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called Improv Olympic. They have showcases for Lorne Michaels and other writers and people who work at 'SNL' usually about once a year, although I don't know if it always happens.
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I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
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I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.
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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
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It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't.
