Carlos Beltran Quotes
I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.
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I moved to New Zealand from Winnipeg when I was almost five. I hated it. It was to a city in the south of New Zealand called Invercargill and there was constant rain. There was a depressing sensation in the air.
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The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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Many are called but few get up.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.
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There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.
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I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because the name contains everything you need to know: the tactic and the target. The name is also modular. You can create your own offshoot in your own city.
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The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme measures to enrich themselves and their class, like dismantling Social Security or auctioning off major pieces of government for profit.
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If most people were to take a moment to picture in their minds the average, not-for-profit, save-the-world girl, they... well, they probably wouldn't, because who wants to think about hemp, hairy legs, and Birkenstocks? But I'd rather eat a pair of Birkenstocks than put them on my feet, and I love, love, love my Christian Louboutins.
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Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
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It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.
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In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.
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People think I don’t know anything because I’m young, but who’s to say what 15 feels like? I feel everything ten times more. It’s like shut the fuck up; I just want to be me.
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I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do.
