Joachim de Posada Quotes
The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life was defined by struggle and filled with injustice.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I'm really nearsighted, which has served me well.
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The idea that modernisation makes for enhanced national power and rapid progress and helps everyone achieve greater happiness has its origins in the astonishing political, economic and military successes of western Europe in the 19th century.
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I can see through almost any scam, especially one perpetrated by the federal government. I can see through it... they can't pull the wool over my eyes, it's absolutely freakin' impossible to pull the wool over my eyes about the government.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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Galley Molina's a great inspiration and role model for a lot of young kids out there.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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If you're going to take a jab at someone, you should at least have a bit more of a personal relationship with them. I feel like you can be funny and clever, as opposed to just outright vile.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Strange – I'm not much of a film person. I love watching films, but they don't stay with me the way books do. Stranger still, because my husband is a screenwriter!
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I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.
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People don't want to embrace culture shifts because it's not going to happen in the next 20 minutes.
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I don't want to bust my butt for the rest of my life, like my parents.
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I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician.
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Urban development in India... will be the biggest sunrise industry that any country has seen in any part of the world.
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The ability to delay gratification has implications not only for a person's life, but also for a community, for a people, for a country.
