Charles D'Ambrosio (Charles Anthony D'Ambrosio, Jr) Quotes
I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.
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It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.
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We are looking to brands for poetry and for spirituality, because we're not getting those things from our communities or from each other.
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I don't claim to be a great vocalist, but I know how to work my voice with its limitations. My talent is I know how to work what I have. It might not always be a picture-perfect performance, but what we look for is the emotion.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Just to be a part of something that can travel beyond and reach the lives of people and help them through a daily problem or struggle or even just giving encouraging words, period. I feel like it's very powerful. I thank God for my gift.
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The Great Culling of the human race already has begun. It is being done through chemicals added to our drinking water, food, medicines, and the air we breathe - chemicals that have the known effect of reducing fertility and shortening lifespan.
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How many people in the pews know that [ Jonathan Edwards] is both a founder of evangelicalism and, say, an idealist who denied that the material world exists?
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After everything I've been through, I've realized I can do anything I put my mind to. And I want to do it all.
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I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in.
