Antonio Porchia Quotes
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We need a community of nations capable of space flight because we all have to be off this planet sometime in the future. Our sun is going to burn out eventually, and we are not in a sustainable situation.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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I like to think of myself as a storyteller.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.
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If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.
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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
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Our lives and our culture have been significantly changed and improved by hardware, software, and services developed by immigrants.
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I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?
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I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you.
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The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.
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Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
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Growing up in Miami, I had all these great, strong influences. You know, being Cuban and the Latin influence, but also the strong hip-hop influence.
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I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.
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There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.
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Balzac was right…. There is tremendous jealousy about money.
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We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.
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My high school girlfriend would ask if I finally learned how to unbutton the back of a sweater!
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When I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot . . . and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing.
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'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time.
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Un corazón grande se llena con muy poco.
