Axel Alonso Quotes
Hip hop's got 30 years of history and we wanted to show that. A lot of us grew up with it.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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I really like all of the characters in 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, especially Camilla, the one girl. I find her fascinating.
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The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
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Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.
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I will try to work for greater reconciliation, cooperation and peace in North East Asia based on correct perception of history.
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I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man.
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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
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I get people to this day - I won my title 25 years ago - saying how wonderful a time they had during that dark period in our history when they came to watch me fight.
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I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
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It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.
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Insider trading by hedge funds has a long and distinguished history, dating to the days when people didn't know that there was such a thing as a hedge fund.
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For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind.
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There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.
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Telluride has an incredible history and reputation, and I've long known of it as a unique entity that makes a place for writers - one more aspect of this exceptional film festival in the Colorado Alps.
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The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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Hip hop's got 30 years of history and we wanted to show that. A lot of us grew up with it.
