Javier Camara Quotes
For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing to me. This is very American. Violence is very American, and I can't understand these films. Why do they use violence? To show what? Masculinity? To show fear? Defense? What are you showing with all this violence?
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way my I am achieving my dreams.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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There is no such thing as a lazy person; he is either sick or uninspired.
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I think the past need not be the dead past. If we get it right, with new books, the past can be a beacon for the future.
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I often say to my friends that I felt too Puerto Rican to live in the States; then I felt too American to live in Puerto Rico. So when I settled back in Puerto Rico in 1992, I had to come to terms with all of that.
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Satan could make an "A" in my Systematic Theology course. He knows the information and knows that the information is true.
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For me, it's a real shock to see American mainstream films. I can't see these films because it's always the same thing to me. This is very American. Violence is very American, and I can't understand these films. Why do they use violence? To show what? Masculinity? To show fear? Defense? What are you showing with all this violence?
