Sandra Cisneros Quotes
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.
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I'm very passionate.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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My passion was reading newspapers - and I became curious, in particular, about Islam and the Arab world.
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We've only made three investments: Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga.
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I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
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I loved Peg Bundy. I am so happy that I got to do that. It was really fun.
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Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!
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Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.
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With the Gap Band coming from Oklahoma, other artists would tease us by calling us cowboys. We didn't grow up on a ranch, but we took that style to the stage. We knew that it was corny, but at least it was ours.
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Honestly, it's hard to learn about comedy from comedians. Comedy is not something that you necessarily learn or can imitate. You're funny or you're not, and you hope what you're doing is funny.
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Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The story - and hence the extensive research that goes into each one of my books - is much more important than the words that I use to narrate it.
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If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
