Salma Hayek Quotes
My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
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I had learned that science is a rewarding, active process of discovery, not the passive absorption of what others had discovered.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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For those who turn to literary biography for salacious details, 'Flannery' will disappoint. It is the biography of someone who had very little chance to live in the conventional sense, to experience events.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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I grew up in New York.
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
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I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
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I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
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When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They're playing the sprint. They're not worried about lifetime value and retention. They're worried about short-term goals.
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I write about things and put things into my albums that I don't talk to people about. I don't hold back or sugarcoat anything.
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
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For the last 3 years, we have celebrated National Nurses Week. Beginning on May 6, we will once again have the opportunity to truly commend the nursing community for their contributions to our national health delivery system.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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I think it's a violation of user privacy to continue storing email addresses if you tell users your service is shutting down. I sign up for a service, and if you're no longer providing that service, why should you keep my information?
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My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
