Carlos Machado Quotes
It is hard to know if what you are going to do in life is up to you, or a sum of the contribution of others, plus the circumstances you are born into.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
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The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
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Childhood is precious... Hardest part of growing up? Is growing up, I think.
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Truth is life's most precious commodity.
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Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.
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I've become really interested in permaculture, simplifying my life and doing everything I can to develop more of a sustainable lifestyle.
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When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all.
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I believe in allowing your child to be who they want to be - as long as they want to be something great.
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Part of my therapy is to write.
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Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life.
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As a philanthropist, I try to help people take ownership. Everything I've done is rooted in the notion that every human being is born equally capable. What people lack is equal opportunity.
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I want to bring magic back to where it started, which is not about the props, and it's not about me as a magician: it's about the audience and playing with their minds and playing with their perception of magic and having fun with it.
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My acting coach I've got here, Richard Lawson, he's been doing good, just telling me to calm down sometimes and just be me.
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I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.
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If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more.
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It is hard to know if what you are going to do in life is up to you, or a sum of the contribution of others, plus the circumstances you are born into.
