Eugenio Derbez Quotes
I've wanted to come to the U.S. since I was 8 years old. Every single year, my mom and I watched the Oscars. I always told her, 'I want to do that when I grow up. I want to tell stories; I want to be an actor and director.'
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I miss my parents. But still, my granddaughter, my daughter, my grandma, you know, so it's very important for me. You lost your parents, but a new baby comes. It's like the cycle of fashion.
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I didn't want to leave Newcastle, but that's football.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.
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I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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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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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.
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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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As mainstream religious leaders of different faiths get together, it strengthens the voice of moderation.
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It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
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As a sport, we lose a lot more than we win.
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The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.
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I've wanted to come to the U.S. since I was 8 years old. Every single year, my mom and I watched the Oscars. I always told her, 'I want to do that when I grow up. I want to tell stories; I want to be an actor and director.'
