Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
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The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs.
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In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does world-class neurosurgery.
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It's better to have a rich soul than to be rich.
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One person's rights do not have to come at the expense of another's. If we can find common ground on religious freedom and LGBT issues in Utah - one of the nation's most religious and conservative states - we can do it anywhere in the country.
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If it is something that I want to do, then I don't think the audience will hate it. Unless I turn into a megalomaniac and start thinking that Salman Khan can do anything.
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A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It's about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.
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Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.
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Certainly, imperial power is never peaceably acquired or maintained.
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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
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The musicians are really on board, they're doing a great job together. There is some kind of a good chemistry, I would say affectionate chemistry and it's a huge promise of success.
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I am a stubborn optimist: I was born an optimist and will remain an optimist.
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Of all the principles which constitute Liberal Democracy, internationalism is the clearest, the most distinctive, and the one with the longest history.
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Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.
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Writers write without support.
