Esmeralda Santiago Quotes
I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.
Quotes to Explore
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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Never having alone time is real tough on people.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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We Belgians love when we can go to L.A. because the city is amazing and the climate is fantastic.
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Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing.
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We are beginning to see the benefits of global consolidation.
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Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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I trust work, directors - I don't live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison.
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I don't find biology as interesting as politics and humanism. I talk more about existential stuff.
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As far as I'm concerned, attraction, in its most rudimentary form, comes from the way a person naturally smells. I'd say that within the first five seconds of 'inhaling' someone, I know if there's an attraction or not. This may sound animalistic - and it is.
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In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
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It is a fantastic initiative by the ministry to develop Aakash Tablet, a mobile device that can be utilised by students anywhere. It was successfully tried out. The second and third versions have come out and the fourth version is on the anvil.
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Gentlemen prefer blondes.
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Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
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People come to see the stars, and then they walk away with two or three new favorites.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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I just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family, and I don't want them brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid and successful option - it isn't.
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For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.
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We have to remind people how important arts are. People just don't see it.
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I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.
