Maria Cornejo Quotes
As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.
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I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.
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None of the kids in the neighborhood had dogs. My dad walked in that Labrador, and we started running together and rolling around together like we found each other after years apart. And then, suddenly, some of the other people in the neighborhood started getting dogs, too.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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You have to trust that the script is right and be comfortable with everything, and then you just have to go for it and disregard anything you've previously heard or felt about it.
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My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.
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I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.
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I don't like any art form barraged in violence or hurt.
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When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived.
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From the very start of all of this, my mom has read the scripts first. And if she liked something, she let me read it. She told our agent what kinds of parts that we would want.
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I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.
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An amateur can be great in front of the camera, but you need an education to get on stage where you have full control as an actor.
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As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.
