Miguel de Cervantes Quotes
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I'm a good legislator. I'm a bad some other things.
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I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.
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Quite often you hear people say, 'What about separation of church and state?' There is no such thing.
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You're like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin', just talkin' loud and saying nothing
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On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.
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Early on in my career, I was more closed off in every way. I thought I was protecting myself; instead, I was robbing myself of all I could learn and experience.
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The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.
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We women adore failures. They lean on us.
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Literature, like nobility, runs in the blood.
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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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My dear if you could give me a cup of tea to clear my muddle of a head I should better understand your affairs.
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A kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara is forever.
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In the film industry, we tend to pick up where others have left off, and Id like to think the influences I picked up from Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme are visible in my work.
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Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.
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You can't tell a writer they should just be more confident.
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What did you do with the time and talents i gave you? God's question.
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Perhaps life is just that... a dream and a fear.
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When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.
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Among all the 'awards' that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of 'patita' or 'fallen woman' to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman.
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Children are a burden to a mother, but not the way a heavy box is to a mule. Our children weight hard on my heart, and thinking about them growing up honest and healthy, or just living to grow up at all, makes a load in my chest that is bigger than the safe at the bank,and more valuable to me than all the gold inside it.
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Nothing costs less nor is cheaper than compliments of civility.
