Penelope Cruz Quotes
I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or getting a pacemaker when they're 92, if they really knew what that was going to mean, they might say no, and we should give them that information.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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Kansas is very religious, very Republican, and very straight-laced. I needed to get away from that.
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I was never an actress in high school. I didn't start acting until I was in my twenties. I was just a funny cheerleader. I hadn't even seen a show until I was in my twenties, so I was very late getting into the business.
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We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.
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I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18.
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When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.
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I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.
