Edward James Olmos Quotes

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

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• Either war is obsolete, or men are.

  

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• Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.

  

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• I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either.

  

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• I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.

  

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• I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

  

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• I don't run behind authority.

  

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• I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills.

  

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• As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.

  

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• Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

  

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• I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about. My father, before I was born, had been gassed in the first World War, and I wanted to know why there were wars, why people hurt each other, why we couldn't get along together, and what made people tick. That's why I started to write stories.

  

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• The Maker is the one who is part of what he makes.

  

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• 'When it is time to dress, make-up, take your bath and eat, it is time to hurry. Those things have little to do with your future. Don’t waste your time on what cannot guarantee your future; your mirror keeps deceiving you.'

  

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• The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime Israel, which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast.

  

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• Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.

  

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• There were scenes that just for length purposes, and knowing that the attention span of kids is not great, don't make it much longer than about 90 minutes.

  

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• There is nothing wrong with Facebook in itself, except that it is not a very good tool to express the quality of your relationships.

  

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• Sometimes you got to put somebody in their place, let them know that you mean business and you're a grown ass man.

  

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• It's a real challenge because, at 6 and 7, these kids may not even know which side to line up on. It's hard for the guys to start from scratch. It's not a smaller version of the high school game. You can't assume anything at this level.

  

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• You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

  

  Edward James Olmos
  • Princess