Edward James Olmos Quotes
Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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So I was in America and I thought I'll stick around while I'm here and just see what happens. The next film I did was High Art, so I guess it started with a sort of vague idea but really just a fantasy.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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Same with souls. They can't survive without a body for long.
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People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?'
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What is the benefit of fasting in our body while filling our souls with innumerable evils? He who does not play at dice, but spends his leisure otherwise, what nonsense does he not utter? What absurdities does he not listen to? Leisure without the fear of God is, for those who do not know how to use time, the teacher of wickedness.
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I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.
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Putin's Russia is our adversary and moral opposite. It is committed to the destruction of the post-war, rule-based world order built on American leadership and the primacy of our political and economic values.
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Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.
