Alejo Carpentier Quotes
The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle.
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I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I'm an enormous Tim Burton fan.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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Save for a few people in my life, every close male relationship that I have, they're all warriors, whether they're SEALs, competitive martial artists, or professional mountain climbers. They have a certain code.
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My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
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If you knew my life and understood where I came from, you would agree that Auntie Anne's, Inc. is a modern day business miracle.
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The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em.
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The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle.
