Gilberto Gil (Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira) Quotes
The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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I realize that I'm not going to be everybody's cup of tea, and that's okay. I think that's the point of music.
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Better a decent remake than a bad original, don't you think?
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Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.
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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
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The place was part museum, part library, and part archive; I loved it at first sight...and smell, for here there were thousands of printed books, many very old indeed, and nothing smells quite as wonderful as old books.
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The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.
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'Every apostle or disciple,' Mrs. Clarke says, 'as much as their running to follow they're savior-they're running just as hard to escape something else.'
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The State can always afford to finance what its citizens can soundly produce.
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I'm for prayer in schools.
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Of course, nobody's tearing my door down. If you're successful you're going to intimidate and scare off the people you'd like to spend time with. They're not going to approach you. And the ones who do are often there because you are a celebrity.
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I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.
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I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.
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I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.
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Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics.
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My true role is to get actors to understand what the camera is doing and what my intent is so they don't waste their good stuff on over-the-shoulder shots and wide shots. They need to know when we're going in to get something important, so they know to really go for it. No human being can give you 1,000 percent on every single take or shot, so you need to let them know what you're heading for. It's important that the actors know they're being looked after and being recorded in a way so they can do their best.
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Difference is the beginning of synergy.
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The United States is very important, too important in the civilizational process of the world. It's difficult to move, to make a difference in establishments like the one the US represents.
