China Forbes Quotes
Music in general and lately opera in particular fills my soul with hope and inspiration.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that.
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Latin music has many international influences - pop, rock, country, Brazilian sounds, and alternative styles.
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One who doesn't throw the dice can never expect to score a six.
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When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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Obviously, that off-the-ice battle I went through, plus injuries I came back from, I always felt the fans are really knowledgeable there and respected and appreciated guys that gave whatever they had and guys that fought through things.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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There are no original ideas. There are only original people.
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The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
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Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
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The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute: The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute:
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The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
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Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day.
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I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,Adorns and cheers our way;And still, as darker grows the night,Emits a brighter ray.
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Music in general and lately opera in particular fills my soul with hope and inspiration.
