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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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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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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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.
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In the Democratic primary in 2008, the Obama team devised a strategy to use the caucuses and a complicated system of awarding delegates in the state primaries to sneak up on Hillary Clinton and establish a lead Obama never surrendered.
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I like Bill a lot. As Bill is presented, I mean you don't ever see Bill blow her head off? You know? And I think what Quentin has done is he created a monster.
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Un corazón grande se llena con muy poco.
