Rumi Quotes
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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Ever since I was little, my mum used to choose an outfit for me and lay it on the bed so I'd know what I was wearing the next day. I never went to a uniformed school, so I always had an outfit – and I never really grew out of that, I don't think.
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I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help.
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time.
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It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.
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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
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In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing.
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Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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The reason why most of actors got into acting was so that we could become other people and have fun with being somebody else.
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We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.
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When the iPhone came out, every CIO in America said, 'You're not bringing that into our corporate environment,' my CIO included.
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There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent for that. I just do things and hope for the best. Say yes, take a chance, and sometimes it's terrific and sometimes it's not.
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If you're going to break the rules, you have to live with the consequences.
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People want you to be happy, don't keep serving them your pain
