Sandra Cisneros Quotes
You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying to enlarge the spectrum.
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I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, 'If you don't do it, then we're not going to book you again.' So I'd lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There's a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested.
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I'm pretty good at sticking to what I know. You don't see me social commentating on health-care or presidential debates. I talk about what I know because I'm petrified of being wrong.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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What I am really curious about is the visuals of cinema... the form.
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Growing up, my earliest memories are listening to Sinatra Christmas albums.
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I've rarely met couples who - they both love to do everything together.
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I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
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I think that emotionally, I've probably felt a little bit more balanced when I started writing again.
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I just wear black and gray all the time. If you Google Image me, you'll just see a bunch of black and gray. It's simple. If I like a shirt, I'll buy six or eight of them, wear them back-to-back, and just wait for somebody to say something. 'That's the same shirt you wore yesterday.' 'Yeah, but this one is fresh.'
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You have to remember that writing itself is so solitary. You start writing because you're lonely.
