Alejandro Ghersi (Arca) Quotes
I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.
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There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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I do a lot of ceramics.
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I never in a million years thought I would be starring in Hairspray, ever. Because if you think about my past, it's been 30 years of playing a macho leading man, so when I was offered it, I said: "Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve that you think I should do this?" After much convincing, over a year and two months, I was convinced they wanted to make a great movie.
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I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
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The Poplar grows up straight and tall, The Pear-tree spreads along the wall.
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The participants expressed anxiety about the problems the Defense Ministry had been meeting in realizing its plans for future development.
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Painting gives the object itself; poetry what it implies. Painting embodies what a thing contains in itself; poetry suggests what exists out of it, in any manner connected with it.
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Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
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The time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.
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The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
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The only shame is to have none.
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Now quantitatively we rank things on something called alpha over standard deviation, which is the return independent of the market divided by volatility. Usually, to get a high ranking, you need some buying pressure.
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But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.
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The issue is that when you're a critic it's hard to tell the difference between the thrill of denouncing and telling the truth. Telling the truth to me feels more often like denouncing than like praising. There are many more concrete advantages in the world for people who praise than for those who denounce. So if you want to tell the truth, oftentimes you're going to err on the side of denouncing. That's just something I have to work on.
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I'm just an animal guy. I feel like every creature has some purpose, whether I know it or not.
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I think, with every kind of creature and every kind of human, there is no better. We're all just mutations, and I think that each mutation should be celebrated.
