Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won't recognize my marriage.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're with the national team, it's a little different because you might not play for three or four months at a time. Things change constantly.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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Studies have proven that early childhood education returns to society as much as $12 for every dollar invested. Our goal is to identify the most important development opportunities for children five years and younger, providing insight to transform early childhood education from a social policy issue into an economic imperative.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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I was kind of lost for several years.
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The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform... But it is likely to exert an indirect and reciprocal influence on science itself.
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I have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business.
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As anyone who has recently seen PG-13 movies knows, the level of violence in them has increased to the point of making the Motion Picture Association of America's voluntary rating system meaningless.
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The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
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I never imagined myself in a movie with magic.
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At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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Most people aren't sure what's going to happen on a first date. Given that ambiguity, every woman must be totally aware at every moment that she is responsible for every choice she makes. … protect yourselves. See trouble coming.
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I can't marry my way into citizenship like straight people can. I can get married in the state of New York where I live, but because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government, which hands out visas, won't recognize my marriage.
