Ana Beatriz Barros Quotes
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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I'm sure I'm perceived in a more glam way. This is my breakout if you will.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
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I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.
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Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
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No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.
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It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about making music together?' because maybe I'm afraid of rejection or I don't want to put anybody out. It's the Southerner in me, like, 'I don't mean to bother you but do you mind making a song?'
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A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.
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I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.
