Genesis Rodriguez Quotes

My character in 'Casa de mi Padre' is an ambitious woman. I had never played that kind of character before.

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• I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Men
  • Women
  • Action

• It's lovely to be considered pretty and lovely to do photo shoots, and I just love fashion. But I'm proud that I did the characters I wanted to do.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Pretty
  • Fashion
  • Proud

• Now and always, hard-line policy and those who embrace it are vessels for darker forces that are at once self-cannibalizing and combustible. No good can come of them. They are unsustainable because their sense of righteousness denies human worth.

  

  Queen Rania of Jordan
  • Good
  • Now
  • Embrace

• There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • Think
  • Nice
  • Myself

• I didn't have a thing to do with picking a coach, and didn't want to. But I didn't think they'd pick one I didn't like.

  

  Bear Bryant
  • Think
  • Want
  • Coach

• Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Live
  • Real
  • Together

• The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.

  

  Adam Dell
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Job
  • Sun
  • Did

• I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • She
  • Mother
  • Food

• In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.

  

  Kate Reardon
  • Trying
  • Soul
  • Pain

• DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Children
  • Family
  • Service

• There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.

  

  Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy
  • Fear
  • Quality
  • Better

• My kind of, like, life goal is to help train students to be good people as well as good scientists. That would be my dream.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.

  

  Xavier Becerra
  • Death
  • Fight
  • Going

• I'm lucky to come from a very musical family. If you put a record on and turn the volume up, there's a pretty good chance you'll have a lot of people dancing very quickly.

  

  Imelda May
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Hands
  • Two
  • Give

• Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Music
  • Force
  • Jazz

• Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • Work
  • Man
  • Small

• I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.

  

  B. B. King
  • Music
  • Rock
  • Jazz

• I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.

  

  Brendon Urie Panic! at the Disco
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Growing

• In football, we tried each week to come up with the best game plan for every opponent. Some were tougher than others.

  

  Jon Gruden
  • Up
  • Game
  • Football

• Acting is in your soul.

  

  LaTanya Richardson
  • Soul
  • Acting
  • Your

• It's a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi's work. Alas, we haven't worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don't think I've missed many of his great shows and performances.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Up
  • Work
  • Great

• My character in 'Casa de mi Padre' is an ambitious woman. I had never played that kind of character before.

  

  Genesis Rodriguez
  • Character