Raymond Cruz Quotes
I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.

Quotes to Explore
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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I was pursuing the arts with theater in school, and I was doing after-school activities, but not in any real movement towards a professional career.
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It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.
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I'm very particular about the kind of music that I record and sing, and it would be the same way about the kind of movies that I would do.
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I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.
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God…is the center of all selves.
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All your hopes, dreams, goals and aspirations are amenable to hard work.
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Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening... titles can be the same.
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After that it took me a little bit to get back on track.
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Right now my taste is going more for things that are organic where the people are using all the sonic possibilities in interesting ways.
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How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?
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Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
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NOTHING is worth hurting yourself over. NOTHING is worth taking your life over, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!
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It need not discourage us if we are full of doubts. Healthy questions keep faith dynamic. In fact, unless we start with doubts we cannot have a deep-rooted faith. One who believes lightly and unthinkingly has not much of a belief. One who has a faith which is not to be shaken has won it through blood and tears-has worked his or her way from doubt to truth as one who reaches a clearing through a thicket of brambles and thorns.
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If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?
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The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever.
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Separation, suffering and evil are the absence of realizing Love, and are therefore ultimately illusions. They are also manifestations of our searching for Love, Wholeness, and Home. The evil or darkness is thus ultimately in the service of the Light.
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There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a project that you know everyone will see. There is more pressure, performance anxiety per se. And then when you do and what you love is really put to test.
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When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?
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I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance.