Carlos Gracie, Jr. (Carlos "Carlinhos" Gracie Jr.) Quotes
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Making films is my hobby. It relaxes me; it is my life, and it's one of the best jobs in the world. I go to work and solve problems, fight robots, kill aliens, and kiss beautiful women. I'm a very lucky man.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.
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When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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The 19th century became the age of the museum. Objects were scrambled for, specimens seized, and friezes and antiques grasped.
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Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
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My messages are temporary and shouldn’t be our permanent condition. And like the wind it will pass. We’ll have another wind coming.
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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
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I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals.
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It is indefensible that IRS Commissioner Koskinen has not been held accountable for failing to meet his legal obligations. This is exactly what the American people are tired of when they say that our government is on the wrong track.
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I support same-sex marriage.
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If some woman tells me how she feels about something, my immediate assumption is that she wants an answer, or that she wants me to solve her problem. In fact, all she wants to do is share, or show how she feels.
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I grew up babysitting and always enjoyed it. I love family. A couple of my closest friends have kids, and I'm their godfather, and that's one of my greatest pleasures in life, just picking them up from school and hanging out with them.
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Sure there is a sexy attitude, and when they say, 'Give me a sexy look with your eyes,' you give it to them. It doesn't have to relate to the product. People are just drawn to it.
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The laws recognize no obligation on the part of the slave to labor for or serve his master. If he refuse to labor, the law will not interfere to compel him. The master must do his own flogging, as in the case of an ox or a horse.
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Thou Great First Cause, least understood Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good And that myself am blind.
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I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines - they were glued together in my brain.
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Denigrating art you don't understand doesn't hurt the art - it reveals something about your willingness to learn.
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There is no losing in Jiu-Jitsu. You either win or you learn.
