America Ferrera Quotes
I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.

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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.
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In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.
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I don't read my reviews, but I have a bunch of them and I will when I'm 80.
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What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.
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I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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It's funny, but on a set there's a pecking order. There's a caste system, you know? It goes from the star down to the extra. That includes the crew as well. I've never liked that.
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Kids have no sense of appropriateness. They can ask me whatever they want. You do develop a sense of intimacy with readers, and they tell you things about themselves. During a school year, I'll get e-mails asking about the books. I'll give them information, but I won't do their homework for them.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.
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There has been a tremendous growth in the entertainment industry throughout Atlanta. There are many opportunities in film, television and theatre.
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I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.