Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.
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As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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From the consumer perspective, what happened in the U.S. 10 years ago and Europe five years ago is now happening in Russia. People are beginning to understand that e-commerce is easy and safe.
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People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'
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We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.
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Meditation isn't snake oil. For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness. But it isn't a panacea. If you don't meditate, there's no need to stress out about it.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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I think the Mama people remember is from 'Mama's Family.' She really turned into a pretty cool character. The sketches from the 'Burnett' show, if people are old enough to remember, were written by writers who all hated their mothers.
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The White House New Media team circulates multiple highlights each day of what people are looking for online - Twitter trending topics, popular Google searches, etc. - and it gives us a sense of what's breaking through, what isn't, and a sanity check for what the larger online population cares about at any given time.
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Every job is important because each one represents an American's livelihood and ability to raise a family. Yet spending our time building walls around America will do nothing to help us compete for the millions of new jobs being created.
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For me, there are no my people and strangers, no bad people and good people. All people are equal for me.
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I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I think it is really important that people at least have some potentially difficult discussions about what their expectations are - and not just financially - prior to getting married. It should really even happen prior to people living together or casting their lot together.
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I think a lot about the private emotions of black people - what we feel and yet is rarely publicly expressed.
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Tell your mother that any clothes she wants to purchase you as a gift has to be suitable for a job interview.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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I worry about the many things that could happen to the people I love.
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My father was always playing the piano. He played all kinds of music - Gershwin, all kinds of stuff.
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Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. … It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It's a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.
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After 'A Separation,' I found it much easier to work in Iran because I worked with very enthusiastic people who were very involved in the work, and that facilitated a number of things. It made it possible to iron out some of the difficulties found by other filmmakers in Iran.
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There aren't many shy writers left.
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It's not my job to worry about how Left, Right will react to something. My job is, am I creating something that connects people? That's my job.
