Maria Canals Barrera Quotes
'Marielena' was a wonderful experience that so many people still remember today. It challenged me to practice my Spanish. Having been born and raised in Miami, English was very much my dominant language!
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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In 2010, I sold my car, a Toyota Majester, for just a lakh-and-a-half to be able to feed my horses. It continues to be like a hole, where I put all my money.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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The songs that work best are broad lyrically and have one strong concept in the metaphor.
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My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'
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To be dull is easy,
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Where I come from we say that rhythm is the soul of life, because the whole universe revolves around rhythm, and when we get out of rhythm, that’s when we get into trouble.
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The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life.
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'Marielena' was a wonderful experience that so many people still remember today. It challenged me to practice my Spanish. Having been born and raised in Miami, English was very much my dominant language!
