Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
The stupidity of militarized fences between two worlds is a metaphor for all the things that divide us as human beings.
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Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but superstar Jackie mode is me concentrating on making sure that this performance was going to be a great performance.
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Desire creates its own object.
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Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.
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I've always had money because of my early success with Cream, so I tell young musicians to aim to write their own material, because owning the composition rights makes a very big difference.
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I apologize for being obvious, but every time I watch the curtain come down on even a halfway decent production of a Shakespeare play I feel a little sorrowful that I'll never know the man, or any man of such warm intelligence.
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Blizzard was of the fine old school of butlers. His appearance suggested that for fifteen years he had not let a day pass without its pint of port. He radiated port and pop-eyed dignity. He had splay feet and three chins, and when he walked his curving waistcoat preceded him like the advance guard of some royal procession.
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Livin amuk, never givin a fuck Gimme the keys I'm drunk, and I've never driven a truck.
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I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father?
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Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.
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As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.
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I would watch movies on the couch in my house. If I saw a scene played by a woman or a man - it doesn't matter - a scene I really liked, I would right away run to the mirror and repeat it.
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I look fine. I've had no surgery apart from an operation I had decades ago to remove the fat under my eyes. My mum looked 30 when she was 60, so I guess I owe it all to genes and hair dye.
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You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.
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I like a well-rounded life. All of this work is kind of useless if you don't have something good to come home to.
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I grew up watching stuff with Jim Carey, Robin Williams and Sandra Bullock in them. I've always been attracted to the actors who are a little more off beat.
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I live in a town called Beerwah, right in the middle of Australia Zoo. It's not hustle and bustle and busy, so that's helpful. We travel all over the world, but I've always been able to come home and run around in the middle of the Australian outback.
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One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.
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The thing I hate about being dead is you can’t move on. I was in love with him when I died, so I’ll be in love with him till the sun burns out.
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I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in
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The audience has spoken. They want stories. They’re dying for them. They’re rooting for us to give the right thing. And they will talk about it, binge on it, carry it with them on the bus and to the hairdresser, force it on their friends, tweet, blog, Facebook, make fan pages, silly GIFs, and god knows what else about it..
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My fashion is about the urban woman in the year 3000. I think about obscure, weird things and try to create a world around them.
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The stupidity of militarized fences between two worlds is a metaphor for all the things that divide us as human beings.
