Sandra Cisneros Quotes
I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers, and you know the feather dancers would come, and they'd say, "What are you, a poet? You're next".
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.
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That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening.
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Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.
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I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.
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The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
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The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
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I have watched a number of Megastar Chiranjeevi garu's films after becoming an actress.
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Musicals are very collaborative. Unless you find somebody who wants to do something with you and has equal commitment, it's not going to work.
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Every day, I learn something new. I think one of the most exciting things for a writer is to work on a TV show. It's like a novel. You have a really long time to develop and learn about the characters, and you can just really keep digging in deeper, every week.
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My intention is to get more involved in social projects so I can give people a message of hope.
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If an idea's worth having once, it's worth having twice.
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I had to learn quick, because I was performing in Cinco de Mayo festivals with babies crying and people lifting their beers, and you know the feather dancers would come, and they'd say, "What are you, a poet? You're next".
