Ana Ortiz Quotes
I think New York is a really wonderful place to raise a child. There's so much available, and so much diversity and culture, lots of things to see and do. My whole family is here.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just can't see the world's on your shoulders and no day is a good day, you're missing the whole point of the experience. And that's something dogs know from the moment they come bounding up to you as a puppy.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.
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I became friends with the leader of the underground vampire world. He had a fangsmith, so I had a pair made... It has become kind of my signature thing.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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A good leader must be fair.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I saw 'The Artist.' It's really beautiful and it's all done to the letter with all the silent film techniques. The costumes were amazing and the dog is so good.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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It would be inaccurate to say that John Fowles is a middlebrow writer who sometimes hopes he is a highbrow: it has never occurred to him to believe otherwise. There is a difference, morally.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brother's winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips.
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Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
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I think New York is a really wonderful place to raise a child. There's so much available, and so much diversity and culture, lots of things to see and do. My whole family is here.
