Antonio Carlos Jobim Quotes
What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful about what you say. I do have particular views and opinions that most of this town doesn't share, but it's not like I'm a fascist or a racist. There's nothing like that in my history.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.
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'We know now that the soul is the body, and the body the soul. They tell us they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them make slaves of our bodies.'
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I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one.
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The big cheat meal will be a cookies and cream milkshake.
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What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes.
