Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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I am the protector of all lives. I am present even before the creation. I am prime God.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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How can I convert the enthusiasm of voters into a practical programme of action that meets their desire for economic security and greater prosperity?
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.
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There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
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Whatever the eventual judgment, the political implications of Hutton are already clear. A devastating indictment of Labour in power - and of our political system itself.
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I am not a lobbyist. I am not a political activist. I am not a leader, as far as I'm concerned.
