Wilson Cruz (Wilson Echevarría) Quotes
I learned so much about love from the movies. For a couple of hours, I would allow myself to dream about love and a life that, for me, ordinarily, felt out of reach. So, it was with deep gratitude that I watched the drama 'Call Me by Your Name,' knowing what a beautiful teacher it would be for boys like me.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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Love can never be fully explained.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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People love to be told what they know already.
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My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life.
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Somebody said to me this morning, 'To what do you attribute your longevity?' I don't know. I mean, I couldn't have planned my life out better. By all accounts I should be dead! The abuse I put my body through: the drugs, the alcohol, the lifestyle I've lived the last 30 years!
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I just lucked into this weird, little obscure cameoesque film career. I just love being a part of film history.
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In married life three is company and two none.
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Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
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The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
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Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
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May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and spoke to them for two hours about my vision. Everyone put their money on the table, and that got us $60,000 to start Alibaba. I wanted to have a global company, so I chose a global name.
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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
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We sure didn't feel like refugees, but in hindsight, I guess we were - my father and mother left everything behind to come here - to be safe and give their boys a chance to rebuild a life.
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In a few hundred years you have achieved in America what it took thousands of years to achieve in Europe.
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What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles?
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The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.
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I learned so much about love from the movies. For a couple of hours, I would allow myself to dream about love and a life that, for me, ordinarily, felt out of reach. So, it was with deep gratitude that I watched the drama 'Call Me by Your Name,' knowing what a beautiful teacher it would be for boys like me.
