J Balvin (José Álvaro Osorio Balvin) Quotes
For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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The trains were the beating heart of the New York graffiti scene.
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Most men are fragile.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.
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I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.
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What Taika Watiti still bring to it Hunt for the Wilderpeople, it really sums up what life is like in New Zealand, or what our sensibilities, our sense of humor, how we come together, how easy it would be, feels like. You know, we have a small population and so you know the bizarreness of the police getting involved in this manhunt, how the men... And then eventually, the army all get intwines.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
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For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.
