Nicanor Parra (Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval) Quotes
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No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
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As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear.
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How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
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Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.
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Bigotry should never be sanctioned, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
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Religious liberty should be a bipartisan issue.
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The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
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I say further that our system of education should be unsectarian.
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They should rule who are able to rule best.
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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I'm very proud of my breasts, as every woman should be. It's not cellular obesity. It's womanliness.
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To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.
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Politics has never been for the thin-skinned or the faint-of-heart, and if you enter the arena, you should expect to get roughed up.
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Circumstances should never alter principles!
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One should always be a little improbable.
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I'm wearing a new perfume that I should recommend to the women in the audience; it's called 'Tester.
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Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
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If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for a month and then take it out, you can do it just like that!
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This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was a choice between who I am and who I should be.
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I've never dated anybody. It's good to get experience under your belt but you should never get wild or go crazy. If I can't see myself with this person for life -- I can't be bothered. I can't waste my time. I have some really good men friends but I believe in no sex before marriage. No fornicating. Stuff like that. I really believe in that. I mean, I'm not perfect. It's hard to live by the Bible standards but I'm really comfortable with me.
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Turning the pages patiently in search of meanings.
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Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominated by the private automobile, shopping malls, and a throwaway economy? Surely, this is not the ultimate fulfillment of our destiny.
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Most of the damage suffered by the ocean up until now has been caused by local insults - overfishing, pollution, and destruction of habitats. If we tackle these problems now, we buy ourselves time to work on climate change.
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A poem should improve on the blank page.
