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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Prediction of the fall of Russian communism: 'Russia enveloped with communism-a new religious freedom must come. God will overrule it, for that people must hear the truth, and truth in simplicity. Truly there is much for the church to do in the coming century.'
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I may have more than one friend with benefits. It's very healthy for the heart. I think no matter how old you are - and I am pretty up there in terms of numbers - I think you should do whatever makes you happy.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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I still get a chill when I sing, 'You Don't Own Me.' I find some new feeling in it every time.
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My shoes aren't minimalist, but they are about a new simplicity.
