Carles Puigdemont Quotes
If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
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You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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You keep learning all the time.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I wanted to greet people in Telugu, so I asked someone how to say 'How are you' in Telugu. In fact, I instructed my entire staff to speak to me only in Telugu. So, there were times when I would ask them to translate certain words for me in Hindi, but the effort paid off.
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The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
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I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.
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You never know what can happen in football. It's football.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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Too many people focus on writing what they think they should write, what should be in a song, what radio would want.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?
