Sandra Cisneros Quotes
My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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Sometimes those big bloated superhero movies take themselves too seriously compared to the material they were based on. Am I going to listen to psychoanalysis from someone with a mask?
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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A person doesn't die when he should but when he can.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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When you're on set, you have to perform and look the part.
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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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I am so disturbed by kids who spend all day playing videogames.
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Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.
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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
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I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.
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All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most.
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I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.
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Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.
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My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.
