J Balvin (José Álvaro Osorio Balvin) Quotes
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.
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The solution to women's issues can only be achieved in a free and democratic society in which human energy is liberated, the energy of both women and men together. Our civilization is called human civilization and is not attributed only to men or women.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Pablo wanted to be loved and accepted. He wanted to destroy the elite he despised so much, but he also wanted to be the president of Colombia.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
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I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot.
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Historians tell us that a gentleman named John Ball once captured eight British Amateur titles.
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The institution of marriage is obsolete
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Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.
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The one thing that about me, being a healer, I just have a different kind of relationship with people. So I am defiantly a different type of celebrity.
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It is surprising how many professional athletes, along with their families and friends, are gaga over movie and music stars, and the reverse is true with entertainers and sports stars.
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True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.
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I'm just a regular guy trying to make my dream come true like everybody else.