Orlando Cepeda Quotes
He couldn't find anybody who would rent him a place to live, so he had to live in this woman's house.
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Often it seems that there are writers who are their best selves on the page. That Seamus Heaney was as genuine and deeply admirable in person as in his poems was to me a gift, then as now.
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You get your inspiration - suggestions - wherever you have to, even from your mother.
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My life has changed in many ways, both on an economic and personal level. All major league players are accorded the respect they deserve. In Cuba, it was not that way. National team players were not respected. The treatment was not adequate.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
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I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.
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There are 3 billion women in the world, so there are 3 billion ways to be a feminist.
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You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.
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With a record of 75 fights and 6 losses, some of the losses were very questionable including Brian Nielsen when we fought in Denmark. I knew I won but they didn't give me that fight.
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Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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I was physically abused and I retaliated.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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A good thing to live by is to go after what truly interests you.
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You only live once, except for Shirley MacLaine.
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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of all Him whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command!
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'Power' usually starts principal photography around mid September, and the first table read is always like one big family reunion. The most common comment we hear is how 'well rested' everyone looks... something that can't be said by the end of the season.
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Professor Eric Zolt of UCLA, said to me, "The VAT is such a good idea, mark my words, within five years, the U.S. will have a VAT." Then he said, "Of course, I've been saying that for 20 years."
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He couldn't find anybody who would rent him a place to live, so he had to live in this woman's house.
