Pete Gallego Quotes
In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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I'm lucky. Usually you're dead to get your own museum, but I'm still alive to see mine.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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I've always really enjoyed sharing my work with others. I find it really hard if I don't think the work will exist outside of my own apartment.
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
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Well, softness and femininity like yours people don't expect of me; so when they find me emotional and capable of real vulnerability, they're surprised.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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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.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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I think women have to change their hairstyle from time to time.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Athletic competition clearly defines the unique power of our attitude.
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Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work.
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The limbs will quiver and move after the soul is gone.
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I didn’t feel well, but they told me I was well enough. They didn’t say in so many words that I was as well as I would ever be, but that was the implication.
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'I say to the Dublin government, Mr Faulkner says it's 'hands across the border to Dublin'. I say, if they don't behave themselves in the South, it will be shots across the border!'
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I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD, and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it's liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer and are trying to pull something out of your answer.
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The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.
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I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.
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Really, I don't like to do any household chores. There was a time when I loved to cook, but that was when I wasn't writing books.
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My mother is who she is. I've become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn't go together.
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In Mexico, they don't have birth certificates... They don't have registration cards for voters. They have one national ID. We don't have a national ID.
