A. Lee Martinez Quotes
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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I'm an exercise and yoga junkie and I feel good.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.
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A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.
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I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to just make it to pay for the rent.' And I'm like, 'Cool... That's not what I wanna do. I want as many people as possible to go to my concert.'
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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The only thing you ever have is now.
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You paint what you know best; what you went through as a teenager and child. My world is the one I got to know in Medellin; I never paint anything else other than that.
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My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.
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I don't like clothes. I don't especially like cars. I have a very nice house. I get sick on a boat.
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Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn't look at the balance sheet. I'd watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I'd say this is a good company worth investing in.
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Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them.
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I want to touch people's hearts, to get right down to their souls.
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You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.
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If the refugees return to Israel – Israel will cease to exist.
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My American accent is really, really good. I started out in the theater, doing all different characters with all different accents. When I first came to America, I thought I would be playing American, all the time. It was just weird how it worked out that I played more international characters.
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I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
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I always get excited when I find out there's a sequel, because all the work is kind of done.
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To practice magic is to be a quack; to know magic is to be a sage.
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We stand for global security and so we take care of everyone's life.
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Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.
