Oscar Hijuelos Quotes
I have never - I have never let go of my childhood contacts. My best friends from childhood are still my best friends.
Oscar Hijuelos
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I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed.
Lance Reddick
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
Abbie Cornish
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
T.I.
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The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself.
Eddie Vedder
Pearl Jam
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
Baba Kalyani
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
Victoria Justice
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What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.
Gavin Hood
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You have to find the right situation, and you have to be in that right mindset where you can give everything you have to that. Because whatever I do, I want to be the best at. I want to be the best husband. I want to be the best father.
J. J. Watt
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
Ted Nugent
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.
Lady Gaga
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A lot of newspaper columns used to be written in a rat-a-tat-tat, fast-paced style - and they tended to be funny. They were a little relief from the grimmer, grayer parts of the newspaper, and one of the best people at doing this was Will Rogers.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
Naveen Jain
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I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
Rafael dos Anjos
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A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first.
Gabrielle Union
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For the naysayers that claimed 'American Family' revealed us to be vacant, unloving, uncaring morons of the materialistic '70s, this image will be proven wrong when Mom and Dad remarry... Make no mistake. This is not to emphasize the sadness of my demise but rather emphasize the love of my family and friends.
Lance Loud
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I sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall for the 2006 NFL Draft. At my table, I was encircled by my parents, brother, agent, former coaches and close friends.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
Dan Buettner
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
G. M. Trevelyan
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It is self-evident that St. Louis affected me more deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel that there is something in having passed one's childhood beside the big river, which is incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider myself fortunate to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New York, or London.
T. S. Eliot
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Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.
Pam Grier
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I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy.
Kevin Systrom
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I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family.
Francesca Annis
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I have never - I have never let go of my childhood contacts. My best friends from childhood are still my best friends.
Oscar Hijuelos
