Wilson Cruz (Wilson Echevarría) Quotes
The thing about me and school was that as much as I felt that I didn't belong, as long as I was on a stage or dancing, that's where I excelled the most, felt worthy.
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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I think I would have a better time writing films rather than directing.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
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Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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It's true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'
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Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
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There's just something about that cold rush that I know I hate and a lot of other swimmers hate.
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was 4 years old.
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I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I remember, when I was young, to have a literary or artistic vocation was really dramatic because you were so isolated from the common world. You felt that you were marginal, and if you dared to try to organise your life around your vocation, you knew you'd be completely segregated.
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All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
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Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
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Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.
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The thing about me and school was that as much as I felt that I didn't belong, as long as I was on a stage or dancing, that's where I excelled the most, felt worthy.
