Francis Arinze Quotes
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.
Quotes to Explore
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It's a reminder there's a lot broken.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
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I am an artist who works with Lego.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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Even if I tried to fill up the stadium in Ramat Gan, I don't think I could.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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I do a lot of yoga and meditation. It calms my nerves and helps me channelise my energy.
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I'm very into dark colors. I try to rock the dark against the ghost white skin as much as humanly possible.
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Thank God for product and blusher.
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Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.
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In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.
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I've never had a relationship with a record executive. I always went to the record company by someone that liked my playing. Then they would get fired, and I'd be left with the record company. And then – because they got fired – the record company wouldn't do anything for me.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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I like to carry a concealer palette that has a green, a yellow, and a tan color. I like to carry the green one because when I have a pimple, it's good to use that to contrast the red. Then you put the yellow over it, and it helps it disappear.
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Running for attorney general troubled me. Because I was worried I would simply become just a figurehead and that's not me.
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We are trying to pick the next president, not review the birth of the current president.
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Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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Before I had my first child, I never really looked forward in anticipation to the future. As I watched my son grow and learn, I began to imagine the world this generation of children would live in. I thought of the children they would have, and of their children. I felt connected to life both before my time and beyond it. Children are our link to future generations that we will never see.
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There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.
