Edward James Olmos Quotes
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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I look forward to working with UNICEF as they continue to make the world a better place for children.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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It's true that every leader needs followers. We can't all be nonconformists at every moment, but conformity is dangerous - especially for an entity in formation.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
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If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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Like, I'll wear a bright sweater with pants that are a more classic color.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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I was supremely fortunate to do several projects that I'm really excited about. So within all that, there's a lot going on this year. I'm excited about 2016.
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We need marriage equality in every state in this nation. Otherwise, no state really has marriage equality, and we will not rest until it is a reality.
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We've got some real greedy hogs who own no interest in the company they're running, whose sole interest is in whatever it takes to be able to get to the point to fly out on their golden parachute and milk the shareholder and take risks that they shouldn't take.
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There has to be a place carved out for independents, films where the heroes don't fly around in capes, but there are journeys and struggles we need to learn from and be inspired by.
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... there is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.
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When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.
