Pedro Reyes Quotes
A weapon kills people and makes people in cities dominated by fear. But if you turn it into an instrument, it's like social gold. It brings people together and you build trust.
Quotes to Explore
-
I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
-
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
-
We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
-
Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
-
There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
-
I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
-
I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
-
I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
-
I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
-
GIS started on mainframe computers; we could get one map every five to 10 hours, and if we made a mistake, it could take longer. In the early '90s, when people started buying PCs, we migrated to desktop software.
-
Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
-
You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
-
Lincoln was the spokesman of the rising capitalist class of the North, who viewed the emancipation of Negro slaves as indispensable to the development and triumph of the manufacturers and bankers of the industrial North, East and West over the slave-holder of the South.
-
If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.
-
No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
-
I don't really listen to my work. If I have to DJ and I play something, I hear it. But I don't sit quietly and listen to my work; I'm always off to do the next thing.
-
I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
-
I'm not a violent person.
-
It is important to remember that if we treat people who could be allies as enemies, we can only alienate them from our cause.
-
When people ask what I write about, that's what I tell them: 'The drama of human relationships.' I'm not even close to running out of material.
-
My view is that climate changes have happened in the last 80 years, that is, the world has got a little bit warmer, although not as warm as it has been in Medieval times, or the Bronze Age.
-
Well, certainly I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives.
-
This is our first interest as a church-to save and exalt the souls of the children of men. There is no richer program anywhere in the world than we have in the Church today for the building of men and women and providing the answers to the problems that face parents, families, and individuals. It is a program that is needed today as never before.
-
A weapon kills people and makes people in cities dominated by fear. But if you turn it into an instrument, it's like social gold. It brings people together and you build trust.
