Sandra Cisneros Quotes
One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
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Education is so important.
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I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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'Islamism' itself is such a broad and nearly meaningless word as used by the mainstream Western press, including everything from Turkey's AKP party to al Qaeda.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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I could have lived off all the male careers in my family. Everybody was always getting ovations, but I was in the wings.
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I am a contrarian.
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One of the greatest lessons of my own life was learning to turn the inner rampage of hatred and anger toward my own father for his reprehensible behavior and abandonment of his family into an inner reaction more closely aligned with God and God-realized love.
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I'm happy with my commercial heroine tag.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.
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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people.
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I feel really fortunate that, in playing guitar and surfing, I've found two things that mean so much to me, and which really complement each other. There's definitely a spiritual thing to both of them; they totally connect you to a higher realm.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Nothing worthwhile is easy. Your ability to overcome unfavorable situations will provide you with time to demonstrate your true strength and determination for success. Always set your standards high, your greatest achievements lie within the infinite feats you achieve in your life.
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That cold January day - and so many people... I'd never imagined it would happen nowadays.
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One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community.
