Alejandro Castro Espin Quotes
In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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Risk is to do something that 99 percent of the time would be a failure.
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I'm really familiar with what Cardboard's doing; it's not a novel concept. Cardboard is in many ways a direct ripoff of FOV2GO, a project I helped work on when I was at ICT, and it was fairly well known in the academic VR community.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?
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I am very fortunate to have a career. I always have to act. I don't know if I'll have a career to support it for the rest of my life, but I know I'll always act.
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Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
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SOLOSHOT is such a brilliant idea and an athlete's dream. It has given me the ability to film myself training without anyone's help - it's perfect because I can go to the beach, set up my SOLOSHOT, and not have to rely on anyone to stand there and film me from the beach for hours.
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I have lesbian impulses, so I understand how a man looks at a woman. … When I was growing up, it wasn't possible for me to do anything about my attraction to women. Lesbianism didn't exist in that time, as far as I knew.
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Simple answers to life’s questioning. That would be a magic beyond any I have ever been seeing.
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The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
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Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.
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Policies that assume that human nature is a tabula rasa (clean slate) should be reviewed and revised to reflect that man has an in-built genetic code for survival with no evidence for innate morality.
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It's a very, very rare moment when another actor hurts you. That's not normal. If anything, it's the actor accidentally punching the stunt double, which happens quite a bit.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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Some archives and record offices are housed in your local museum or library; others have their own stand-alone building. Wherever they are, they are a treasure trove.
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We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.
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In Cuba we had the most ferocious form of capitalism for 60 years. It dominated every sphere of life.
