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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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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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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No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management.
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'La Lupe' is my passion project. I've done it as a one-woman show, but I'm raising money to turn it into a film. It's a story of a Cuban singer who became the Queen of Latin Soul, the first woman on the N.Y. salsa scene.
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One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression.
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I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work.
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Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?
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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.
