Fernando Pessoa Quotes
Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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If Asian America exists, it is because of systemic racism.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
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I write the most sexiest records out.
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You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.
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I haven't done anything with Chick Corea. He had a group called Return to Forever, and everyone in the group became a superstar. I would really like to work with him.
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Music is an essential part of my life and I'm completely lost without a good album to listen to or my iPod in my pocket!
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Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
