Miguel (Miguel Jontel Pimentel) Quotes
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.
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Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be.
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Human history in essence is the history of ideas.
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If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm ready to do it, whereas I wasn't ready before. Sometimes it's feigned confidence, but if I make a decision, I can do anything.
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The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.
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It is really crucial that folks focus on their own representatives. If you call or write a member who does not represent you, I can tell you that contact is going to be a waste of time. You might as well just talk to yourself in your living room.
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And that's all it takes to make you happy? You kill little kids, then go home and wait until it's time to do it all again? What the hell kind of existence is that?
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I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.
