Arturo O'Farrill Quotes
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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I think the Creator renews me.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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We must tell girls their voices are important.
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I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that there is only one God - the living man - the person sitting next to you. That is my religion. I believe that there is a sense to life.
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I just think there's a general interest in the world of computers.
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We haven't lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will.
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My songwriting is so influenced by orchestrated music, dramatic, super glam rock-y stuff. Two of my biggest influences in songwriting were Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
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The Germans must be together.
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I think any workplace relationship is dangerous. That's been my personal experience. They haven't always worked out the best. But I know other people for whom it worked out great.
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The power of God is the worship He inspires.... The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of adventure.
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I won't give up swimming, even if it kills me. I love the rhythm of it.
