Willemijn Verkaik Quotes
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The human genome contains so much data that, it has been calculated, it would fill 43 volumes of Webster's International Dictionary.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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If the novelist shares his or her problems with the characters, he or she is able to study his personal unconscious.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.
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In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
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How'm I doing?
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There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
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Everybody's scared for their ass. There aren't too many people ready to die for racism. They'll kill for racism but they won't die for racism.
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The number one thing I look for is personality. For me, the personality of someone makes them more and more attractive over time ... and for those with bad personalities, less and less attractive. I look for honesty, intelligence, kindness, and a good work ethic, to name a few.
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You'd better hurry up, they'll be waiting for 'the Chosen Captain' — 'The Boy Who Scored'— whatever they call you these days.
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Women don't necessarily understand that it is possible to have the same level of ambition as men - they allow themselves to be held back by the obstacles rather than empowered by the possibilities.
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It's so important to work with material you can really mold and milk and create and evolve.
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A modern arboretum brings us that ancient forest and, with it, a changed apprehension of time, a renewed appreciation of the elegance of natural form and a renewed sense of wonder at the variety of the world we inhabit.
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I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues.
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Never be afraid to learn. Have a good amount of resilience and enjoy the journey.