Edgardo Osorio Quotes
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My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
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Breaks in trust are infuriating and hurtful, but they don't entitle you to flame out, throw a fit, or stomp around rolling your eyes. Try to keep the steam from coming out of your ears.
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I want to show every part of me and every color of me. And I think, growing up Albanian, I wanted to bring that to light.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.
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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
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The first job I ever had was singing in a jazz club when I was like 15 with my friend, and we earned like 70 bucks. We were like, 'Oh my God!'
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In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had not witnessed before. I was shocked by it. This is federally controlled land, and there was an insidious mix of apathy and exploitation.
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Everything's so accelerated now.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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My retail partners, they are my brand ambassadors. They're the ones who are selling the shoes to women.
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I can spend it on shoes if I want to. You can go ahead and and buy bonds.
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I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!
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My uncle was in a ska band called the Top Cats; that was my first proper influence, as I was taken to see them every week. It sort of built up, the want to replicate it creatively.
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The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living.
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My shoes aren't minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.
