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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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 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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I've had a few ditty hits.
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My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
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Man needs colour to live; it's just as necessary an element as fire and water.
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It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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So dawn goes down to day/ Nothing gold can stay.
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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.
