J. R. Moehringer Quotes
You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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As far as an actor-director connection, I think those can develop, and when they do, they're really great, and you just cultivate it like you would any relationship or friendship. If you find that something special, it helps down the line when you want to do more projects with each other.
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Drink lots of water and stay hydrated.
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I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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I don't know what the future is, but you just do it whilst it's there, don't you?
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
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I've stayed focused on the job at hand representing the people of the 5th district... a voice for everyone rich or poor or male or female.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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I think soul will always find its way into what I'm doing. It just comes from my root.
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All painting worth its name, unless one is talking about black and white, must include the idea of color as one of its necessary supports, in the same way that it includes chiaroscuro, proportion, and perspective.
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I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in a truly multicultural society, the only way to have liberty and justice for everybody is to have multiple parties. And by multiple parties, I mean 50 parties, not one or two.
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It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
