Wagner Moura Quotes
I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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And the American public was able to make up their own mind whether this verdict was a just verdict or not. So I think there's a lot of value in the public being able to see how the system works or doesn't work, so I think there's a definite value there.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
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I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.
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The fact is that viewers are fickle and it's rare that such a large group of people can be categorized in any type of way. There's enough content to go around, and if we stop focusing on numbers and start focusing on the quality of the project, then I think everybody - viewers and artists alike - is going to be a lot happier.
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When the gun lobby fights gun-control legislation, its logic is clear: it does not like laws that prevent people from owning or using guns.
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The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic.
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I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.
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Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it.
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I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma.
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You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
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I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
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I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
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I've been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don't like them, I'll play head games with them to get their minds spinning.
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When I'm out there, you just have to react. That's why you work on those throws. When you're in the moment, you can't think to yourself, 'How do I get this to go 47 yards and be 2 yards inside the sideline?'
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I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.
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It has been hard for me to find it, but I have found love.
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Why was it never good news that put problems into perspective? Why did it always take another set of problems?
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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
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We always look at the 'Fortune 500,' and we say, men in power, but we don't look at the glass cellar as opposed to the glass ceiling and say, men also are the homeless, men are also the ones that are the garbage collectors. Men are also the ones dying in construction sites that aren't properly supervised for safety hazards.
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I believe that modern slavery is the most outrageous assault on the rights of an individual. It is something that touches me deeply because I grew up in rural Brazil and could see first-hand how poverty forced people to work in harsh, exploitative conditions.
