Alfonso Cuaron Quotes
I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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Tonight, I want to say to every member of the democratic party, who believes in limited government, in personal opportunity and the united States constitution, and a safe and secure America, come home. To the Reagan Democrats, your party has left you. And the Republican party wants you, we welcome you back.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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I did ballet and gymnastics, and then I started acting when I was eight - just doing amateur theater at a place called Oldham Theatre Workshop in my hometown.
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I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've had success in - it's up to you as an actor. The industry will always want to hire you for what you were successful in last and what made money. But you can say no to that and look for other parts.
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There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
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While everyone usually turns up late at Bollywood parties, I always reach these places on time and end up making a fool of myself.
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I have spent far too many years trying to make everybody like me. It's not possible. People can say or think what they want.
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When I was skating, there was ice only for a really short period of time. So we would have to do a lot of other cross training type things.
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I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off.
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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
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I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of the factory doesn't let me sleep well.
