Benjamin Bratt Quotes
I've always said that Miguel Pinero's story is a quintessential American tale. An immigrant who comes to this country, is immediately marginalized to the lowest economic level and persecuted because of his skin color and, in spite of all the obstacles put in his way, he becomes a huge popular success.

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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.
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It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.
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It is the central bank governor, unlike other regulators or government secretaries, who has command over significant policy levers and has to occasionally disagree with the most powerful people in the country.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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I only want to work with transparent ideas and accessible technologies that 'spotlight' the individual's role in society through creativity. I try to live an open-source life.
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Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we can't have the dark without the light.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.
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Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor.
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I've always said that Miguel Pinero's story is a quintessential American tale. An immigrant who comes to this country, is immediately marginalized to the lowest economic level and persecuted because of his skin color and, in spite of all the obstacles put in his way, he becomes a huge popular success.