Luis Gutierrez Quotes
The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.
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We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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This business is based on numbers, and the numbers show that it's worth investing in female-driven and female-directed films.
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My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students don't end up writing, what's good about them taking the courses is, they become great readers, learning to appreciate the writing.
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Fair use is not in the law.
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The most attractive characteristic in a person is the story they are telling the world. We stop and stare at stories.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team. The fields of play will turn brown and harden, the snow will fall, but in the heart of the fan sprouts a sprig of green.
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I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'
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The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.
