Miguel Cabrera (Miggy) Quotes
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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By any definition, what happened in Bhutan in the years 1989-93 was ethnic cleansing. The Bhutanese government denies this and has refused to repatriate any of those forcibly expelled.
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I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all.
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I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book? 'David Copperfield' is a big book - is it epic? Amount of time covered, length, drama, or story - that's the real appeal - if the story is long you have a better chance of becoming more connected.
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In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.
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The most you play a character in the theater is, like, a couple months, and then you put it away.
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Choice of aim is clearly a matter of clarification of values, especially on the choice between possible options.
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An infinite number of monkeys typing into GNU emacs would never make a good program.
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If tyranny is going to come in the United States, it’s going to come from people who are so fearful of the liberty of Americans, that they believe that the government should shut down all sorts of freedoms that we hold dear.
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The Hamptons remind me of my childhood vacations. I love the beach, restaurants, and produce found on the East End.
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Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
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I do this system called TRX. It was developed by a Navy SEAL and is basically a simple cord that you can wrap around something anywhere, anytime, and you use your body weight as resistance. We installed one in our home gym, but you can also attach it to a tree. It's very easy to travel with.
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I believed I could play in the NBA.
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Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.
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Since I was very young I've been fascinated with nature and I actually wanted to be a marine biologist when I was very young. That was a great passion of mine. So I suppose in the off season when I'm not making movies, I became more and more active as an environmentalist trying to be more vocal about issues that I felt were important.
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I believe in competition.
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The sand of the desert of Yondo is not as the sand of other deserts; for Yondo lies nearest of all to the world’s rim; and strange winds, blowing from a gulf no astronomer may hope to fathom, have sown its ruinous fields with the grey dust of corroding planets, the black ashes of extinguished suns.
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I'm just trying to play my best and have fun.
