Carlos Vives Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.
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I definitely enjoy working with people who can do their thing but also allow me to do my thing, you know? Who respect the process.
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It's been a good thing for me to try and understand America.
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Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
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Title IX came along and changed a lot of things for the better, but nevertheless, it meant that money became more important.
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I'm not a journalist. I have not gone to school for this.
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If you must get rid of a roach, use mechanical control.
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In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty.
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I was a bouncer for ten years in New York City.
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I didn't realise how my life was changing. When I was 17, 18, 20, I didn't realise how big football was and everything around football. How many people live for football and love football. I was a professional, but I was a supporter.
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Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some Chinese, Filipino, Jewish and black people - they're all here.
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I think it's cool to be a rock star; I don't think there are many. There aren't many who speak out and take risks. And I think that's important.
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Most simply, 'present shock' is the human response to living in a world that's always on real time and simultaneous. You know, in some ways it's the impact of living in a digital environment, and in other ways it's just really what happens when you stop leaning so forward to the millennium and you finally arrive there.
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I had fallen in love once with someone, and I remember it being so distinct, where after the first time they'd hug me, I never wanted another man to ever touch me ever again.
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If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice.
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I think calling me 'full-figured' is just rude.
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I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
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It's not easy to get human beings into orbit. So far only three nations have been able to do that, with all the resources that they put together. And I'm just a little skeptical that that's going to be done by the private sector without making use of what has been done by the government.
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I had worked in Hindi films like 'Jaago,' 'Abra Ka Dabra,' 'Koi Mil Gaya,' but 'Desamuduru' was a different experience.
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I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level.
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The fundamental point in fabricating a chain reacting machine is of course to see to it that each fission produces a certain number of neutrons and some of these neutrons will again produce fission.
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Plastic Oceans has inspired us all to Rethink Plastic.
