Jose Marti Quotes
Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.
Quotes to Explore
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there.
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Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear.
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I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
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I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
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Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.
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I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!
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Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.
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I think it's unfair that people can't give assets to whoever they want. When I die, my assets can go to my wife. And a gay person - you ought to have a system where maybe you can just say, 'You can give your assets to anybody you want.'
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I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture.
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I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
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If you never budge, don't expect a push.
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I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.
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I think putting labels on people is just an easy way of marketing something you don't understand.
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My own death threats have declined considerably.
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I love to vacuum. There's just something so satisfying about hearing detritus sucked up into a vacuum. Sand makes such a great sound when being vacuumed off a hardwood floor.
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I'm very pleased to be part of the XCOR team and look forward to working with friends and colleagues on many of the exciting development efforts at XCOR, including the family of Lynx vehicles.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
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I've said it before and can only repeat that I owe everything to Boudin and I attribute my success to him. I came to be fascinated by his studies, the products of what I call instantaneity.
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Man is a living duty, a depository of powers that he must not leave in a brute state. Man is a wing.
