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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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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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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My mom is super fabulous, and I remember her telling me at 13, 'You can start wearing makeup now.' And the funny thing is, I didn't take her up on it!
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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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My favorite thing to do is eat and eat well.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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If you're a lead singer, then you can't afford to be sensitive. On stage, everyone looks at the lead singer, even if you don't want them to - in America, they have those massive follow spots on you all the time; it does your head in. So, if you are a lead singer and you don't toughen up, you're in the wrong job, and you have to get out.
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I think if I try to develop a formula, it ends up not working.
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I won't give up swimming, even if it kills me. I love the rhythm of it.
