Achy Obejas Quotes
Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.
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I think some people think I'm, like, anti-label, and I'm not. I just wanted to sign a deal when the time was right. I'm anti being shot out of a rocket when you're not ready and the songs and image aren't there.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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When you start losing market share, it's really tough to gain it back; you need the product portfolio and presence in many markets.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I think to have done 'Titanic' would have been a tortuous experience altogether. I feel good about where my life is, now. I feel free and joyous and happy and more liberated than I have ever been.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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You know, the Bible is so clear. Go to Genesis chapter nine and you will find the death penalty clearly stated in Genesis chapter nine... God ordains the death penalty!
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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The first thing I do is I check my emails and my texts. I guess I shouldn't feel guilty about it at this point; it's kind of the norm. Sometimes I'll bounce around Twitter. And if I have time, I'll catch up on the news, usually on 'Huffington Post' or 'Salon.'
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Visually, a lot of the electronic artists have really interesting video and interesting things like that.
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Every time we revise our history, we also revise the mythology of our history.
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Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
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An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false.
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My 2005 calendar we actually did a shoot in Lake Las Vegas. Since I had requests do some swimwear and athletic shots we tried them and they came out good so we inserted them into the new calendar.
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Cuanto no puede ser, casi siempre es un reproche a cuanto puede ser.
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What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.
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We want the big stories, of course, of the great men, but there's as much drama and interest and lessons to be learned in actions that people like us take on a daily basis.
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the streams buck like rams in a tentwhips crack and from the hills come the crookedly combedshadows of the shepherds.black eggs and fools' bells fall from the trees.thunder drums and kettledrums beat upon the ears of the donkeys.wings brush against flowers.fountains spring up in the eyes of the wild boar.
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The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
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Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.
