Jose Mujica Quotes
The kids of today have to be better than us. We must strive to create tools adequate for human beings that come with other things that are, at least, different from those we used to have.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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I went to Catholic high school for half a year and religion wasn't the cool thing to talk about even at a catholic high school. It never came up.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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I am a believer in the journey and enjoying the journey.
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No masterpieces in huge frames to worship, … and yet there are the days when every street corner rounds itself into a sunlit surprise, a painting or a phrase, canoes drawn up by the market, the harbour’s blue, the barracks. So much to do still, all of it praise.
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I have a hard time getting past the day without the nap, so the nap is a must.
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Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder . . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs.
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The kids of today have to be better than us. We must strive to create tools adequate for human beings that come with other things that are, at least, different from those we used to have.
