Fernando Botero Quotes
The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
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And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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Look, you need technical skills to run a company.
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The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another.
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If you are playing a Hispanic character who has to speak in dialect or in an accent, nail that dialect or accent. When I hear a character that's supposed to be Cuban speaking with a Mexican accent or vice versa, it grates on me and immediately pulls me out of the story.
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I'm gonna be a character in a Happy Meal.
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There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.
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The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.
