Antonio Villaraigosa Quotes

You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.

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• Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Children
  • Mother
  • Care

• I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.

  

  Vikas Swarup
  • Boy
  • Delhi
  • Bengali

• Timidity does not inspire bold acts.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • Inspire
  • Bold
  • Timidity

• If you want to change things, it requires bravery.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Want
  • Change
  • Bravery

• I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center's initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston's and Texas' continued growth.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Technology
  • Growth
  • inspirational

• People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • World
  • Change

• I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.

  

  Adam Pally
  • Music
  • Think
  • Example

• It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • True
  • Soul
  • Eyes

• Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • People
  • Class
  • Few

• I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Time
  • Play
  • See

• Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • People
  • Life
  • Habit

• We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Up
  • Green

• 'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

  

  Adam McKay
  • Time
  • Government
  • Military

• I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

  

  Victoria Abril
  • Great
  • Sun
  • Makeup

• But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.

  

  Patrick Stewart
  • Up
  • Love
  • Child

• Home is where your rump rests.

  

  Rachel Brosnahan
  • Home
  • Where
  • Your

• The Fiction Writer's Co-op has 51 members, from celebrated NYT bestsellers to promising newcomers, and a waiting list.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Waiting
  • Writer
  • Newcomers

• There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • People
  • Country
  • Parents

• I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.

  

  Ed O'Neill
  • Know
  • Sometimes
  • Drive

• Not all knowledge comes from college.

  

  Mike Rowe
  • College
  • Jobs

• I've worn jeans until they're ripped all the way around the crotch and I can't wear them any longer. You get so attached to jeans, they're like old friends.

  

  Lily Donaldson
  • Friends

• I grew up in Davenport, Iowa, but I moved to Santa Clarita, California, when I was 6.

  

  Julia Carin Cavazos
  • Up
  • California

• Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.

  

  Raymond Loewy
  • Winning
  • Function
  • Products

• You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.

  

  Antonio Villaraigosa
  • Friends