Carlos Fuentes Quotes
U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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I watched a lot of soap operas like 'General Hospital' and 'Days Of Our Lives.' When it came to movies, my parents were quite strict. They would watch 'Flash Dance' but wouldn't let us see the whole film because Jennifer Beals' character was a stripper. It was so funny when I finally saw the whole film. I thought she was a ballerina!
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If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually the tree has to fall down.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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It's nice to be needed.
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Since the trade, I was just thinking about this day and mentally preparing to not get too excited. I knew I was going to have some extra adrenalin out there so I was really doing what I needed to do just to stay calm, you know, just try not to do too much.
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I feel like every person who's in a long-term relationship, or who is committed to their person, goes through ups and downs.
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My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million miles away from Hollywood, if you know what I mean. We would hang out behind the ropes and look at the movie stars arriving at the premieres.
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U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.
