Pedro Almodovar Quotes
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
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When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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All you have to do is come to Ohio and say, 'I think NAFTA is a lousy deal,' and everybody cheers.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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Don't take too seriously all that the neighbors say. Don't be overawed by what the experts say. Don't be afraid to trust your own common sense.
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I write between 5.30am and 9.00. That way, I hope I carry over something from my dream time.
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Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me. I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because that's what sells records and then you realize, 'All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago,' it feels good to have success come from what's actually inside of you.
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My first memory is of the eyes of my brother; he was looking at me all the time.
