Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes
I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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The race of children possesses magically sagacious powers.
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The other teams could make trouble for us if they win.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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You don't make a movie by yourself; you certainly don't make a TV show by yourself. You invest people in their work. You make people feel comfortable in their jobs; you keep people talking.
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I'm very excited to have a girl.
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My brother's 21 years older than me, so I grew up doing more adult things. Like listening to old music.
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We're always attracted to the edges of what we are, out by the edges where it's a little raw and nervy.
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I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
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I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.
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When I was 12, I went to boarding school, where I discovered the computer, which meant I no longer had to write something down and get someone to play it, I could just type it into the computer and hear it back.
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I feel honored that the Hispanic community in the United States have embraced me. I'm really happy and honored to receive their support.
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If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
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I don't really cringe over any of my albums.
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I'm not a minority: I'm a majority of one. We all are. To call someone a minority, you give them baggage, of not being full, or not being seen as full. All of us need to be seen as full human beings.
