Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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We see new things all the time. We see new retroviruses out there - which is the category that HIV falls into - and we're very, very concerned because this is the part of the world where HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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There are still traces of discrimination against race and gender, but it's a lot different than when I started out. It just comes quietly, slowly, sometimes so quietly that you don't realize it until you start looking back.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel.
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I used to get into a lot of fights.
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Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.
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Very good records exist about the Trail of Tears. Journals and other records kept by Cherokees and non-Indians tell such things as which people were where on which day.
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People have said there is an integrity about me, and I think there is. I don't try to follow a trend. I have my own little path.
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People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.
