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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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
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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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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in 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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I agree completely with my son James when he says 'Internet is like electricity. The latter lights up everything, while the former lights up knowledge'.
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I like where we're going with technology and global integration, but the fact that corporations and dollars rule everything in our lives, I don't like it. This isn't the Hollywood I wanted to be part of.
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Look at it this way: if you write the novel of 'Cold Mountain,' it costs exactly the same to produce and market as a novel set in a room. If you make the film, the disparity of costs is huge.
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Republicans are good at standing by their candidate.
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Once you've recognized your own limits, you've raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you're closer to the real you.
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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.
