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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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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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 conviction that freedom is a universal desire is not the property of any political camp. ... Yet those who hold it remain a precious few, outnumbered many times over by the skeptics who don't.
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Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.
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Happiness is fugitive; dissatisfaction and boredom are real.
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I was surprised to find that I missed doing the musical.
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Music has brought me some of the highest moments of my life. I don't even hear the music. I don't even hear the notes. I'm not aware that someone has turned on a tape machine - I'm in another world.
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It is more important to have self-respect than to gain respect from others.
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Music in general and lately opera in particular fills my soul with hope and inspiration.
