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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On the first movie we got good reviews, but we were still dealing with genre stuff. It's going away. Judge the movie - is it a good one or a bad one? We know we made a great movie and it's being judged for just being a good film.
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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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I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.
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There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.
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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.
