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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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
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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 know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.
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Castro always used the boxers as a symbolic war against American values to demonstrate that they fight for something more than money.
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The fun of the game is right now. A lot of people don't really realize that. They think you have to get to the top to start having fun, and it's not. It's the journey getting to the top where everything is always great. I'm on the 'Ferris Bueller' thing where I look around every once in a while so I don't miss it.
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I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal.
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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.
