Esmeralda Santiago Quotes
If you don't exist in the arts of a culture, you're invisible. The arts are what express the soul of who we are and that expresses our humanity.
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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A lot of the stuff about white-supremacist groups was very family-friendly: 'We just love our people.' One the surface, you go, 'Gee, what's wrong with loving your people?' But when you love your people to the exclusion of everything else that's remotely different, that's when you get into trouble.
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I like being unconventional.
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I think there is no reason for us to bring to Islamism or political Islam the fear and ignorance of Western commentators and their hysterical vocabulary.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the ability to attack at will.
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Toleration is the best religion.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible, and I cried for three days.
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After the 'Grey Album,' everyone thought of me as the hip-hop guy, the remix maestro. I didn't know how to show them otherwise.
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Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.
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When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
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'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.
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And sure th' Eternal Master foundHis single talent well employ'd.
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The watchers below pulled in their breath all at once. The air felt suddenly shared. The man above was a word they seemed to know, though they had not heard it before.
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I'm competitive, and I love to create challenges for myself. Maybe that's not always a good thing. It can make life complicated.
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Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.
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For some time, I've said this issue of comprehensive immigration reform is not just an issue about immigration or human rights or civil rights, it's about our economy. You take 11 million people from out of the dark and into the light. The think tanks have surmised that you are talking about trillions of dollars infused into the economy.
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don't see on my CV. The stuff that doesn't work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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I don't think of myself as a role model for others, but I like to live my life by my own integrity. So, in that sense, I might be a positive influence. I do believe you should get over your insecurities and just try to be the best you can.
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We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.
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I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.
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I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
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If you don't exist in the arts of a culture, you're invisible. The arts are what express the soul of who we are and that expresses our humanity.
