Thiago Silva Quotes
When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.
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I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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If you put up a blog, people can cut out the middle man and get material to you. Which is really helpful because a lot of time there's really cool stuff out there that we just don't see. Because, y'know, the agent is acting in our best interest, but it does sometimes prevent some of the good stuff from getting through.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.
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Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
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As they marched, the crowds lining the route broke into applause, a sweet and deeply felt spontaneous pattering that was a sort of communal embrace. Welcome home.
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In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.
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I never lose touch. If you let me tell it, I'll tell you I never got my just due and my respect for being one of the greats in hip-hop, and because of that, the fire never burned out. There's more and more of a need for me to succeed or take the legacy a step further, and that's what it is.
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When I lose my larger sense of supporting people to be their best, I lessen my contact with the God inside me.
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The commentariat denounced Trump’s immigration policies, then quickly returned to saying he had no policies at all. It was as if JFK had said we were going to the moon and the entire media shouted back, 'Okay, but what’s your policy on going to the moon.'
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The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.
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There is no gardening without humility
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Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.
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My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?
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My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream - not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament.
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Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The expression is important for the person, and can tremendously enrich the lives of other people. What can you do?
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When I dreamt of being a footballer I dreamt of being a forward, but I wasn't talented enough.
