Antonio Villaraigosa Quotes
I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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If anything, I was a prodigious eater of everything that was put in front of me. That was probably the only thing my parents wouldn't complain about.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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I won't join another band again.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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I am single and childless, but I have lots of friends and I am an aunt to three lovely children.
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.
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I spent a lot of time writing about tax and pensions and mortgages.
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As I said, I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about partner brands.
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Certainly, we didn't have the crowds we would have had if we'd had weather like last year. This year we had two crummy days.
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I am part of an age-old profession of musicianship. I believe these times require grounding, real-ness and fun. Let's do it. Whatever happens is all good.
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I believe that the mayor of the most diverse city anywhere in the world has to be a uniter, has to be someone that's comfortable in every community, has to be someone that represents all of us.
