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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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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We believe that the way you dress and the shoes you wear are not probable cause for questioning or arrest.
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I don't like stepping on other people's toes, but with my size 15 shoes, people step on mine sometimes.
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In art, I think it's not useful to be a professional of the profession. It will not give you something new.
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I love my films. I have stacks and stacks of DVDs. I put 'Last of the Mohicans' on the other day with Daniel Day-Lewis. It hurts me to say it because he's a Millwall fan, but I think he's fantastic.
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My shoes aren't minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.
