Alejandro Castro Espin Quotes
Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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No one person is an island.
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You remember Donnie Brasco? It's the most notorious undercover movie ever; it's so street and so real. If you ever imagined yourself doing cop work, you imagined yourself getting pushed to that limit - seeing the furthest you can push yourself while still upholding the law.
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
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I enjoy meat, but I can do without it.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.
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Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.
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My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in editing books and journals all of my life.
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Not a 'Mad Men' guy. Never got into it. I'm kind of a contrarian that way. If something gets too popular too fast before I can get on it, I just get really annoyed. Everybody tells me I'm an idiot; it's supposed to be amazing. I saw some of the second season; I loved it, but I was just detached. I didn't get into it.
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I don't take myself terribly seriously. It's why I can be incredibly honest about my life.
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Let me say something else about this generation. As Commander-in-Chief, I’m pretty tired of some folks trash-talking America’s military and troops.
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Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].
