Carlos PenaVega Quotes
All I want to do is just go out there and play hard. If I do that, good things will happen. It's as simple as that.
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For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen.
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Sometimes, fear is good. Sometimes it's a good thing to have a little bit of a reality check.
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I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.
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Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.
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I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.
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Juan Tripp was a friend. Good name for an airline man, huh? Juan Tripp after another?
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The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.
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The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn’t true, but it sounded good.
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One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.
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Writing is exhilarating, but reading reviews is not. I've been really devastated by 'good' reviews because they misunderstand the project of the book. It can be strangely galvanising to get a 'bad' one.
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Music is able to make a person dream. When you dream, you dream of something good, something beautiful, and when you dream, you always dream of yourself better than you are.
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I think there's a part of me that might be my alter ago, like the carefree, do-what-he-wants kind of guy, because I've been so restrained most of my life, going to Catholic school and being the good son and the good husband. It's a fun escape route for me sometimes to lead that life.
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If experience has taught me anything, it's to make every day as good as possible. You learn that with age, as it goes by so quick.
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When I was eight, it was clear I was a very good singer.
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Talent is obviously very important, but it's also about how you approach the work and, you know, maybe this is a Canadian thing, but it's good to be nice.
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Whenever somebody folds, say, 'Good laydown.' It encourages them to fold on a later hand because it makes them feel like you had the best hand even if you were bluffing. It's an odd form of flattery that seems to work at the poker table.
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I've been fortunate to be around good people.
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Even if the chef has a good business head, his focus should be behind kitchen doors. A business partner should take care of everything in front of the kitchen doors.
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The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason.
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I actually always had short hair as a kid, and it's really liberating. I recommend it. It's just very easy. I don't have to brush it.
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It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!
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I was bused to a school in Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn in 1972. I was one of the first black kids in the history of the school.
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All I want to do is just go out there and play hard. If I do that, good things will happen. It's as simple as that.
