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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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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The very elements of what constitutes good nursing are as little understood for the well as for the sick. The same laws of health or of nursing, for they are in reality the same, obtain among the well as among the sick.
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I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still funny because they're just likeable, and you want to see them. Me, though, when you see me trying to be funny, it's like the worst thing in the world. It's needy, it's cloying, it's manipulative - it's bad.
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I can't believe I'm 29. Where did the years go? Why did the years go?
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I very much believe in teaching young people about philanthropy, and to give back.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.
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The immigrant blame game is constant. Cynical politicians believe it drives poll numbers; cynical commentators believe it drives TV ratings.
