Gloria Estefan Quotes
I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.
Quotes to Explore
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.
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The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
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To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
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Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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Dave Chappelle is one of my comedic inspirations. His perspective is crazy, and he's super sharp.
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My time at Shell was a most valuable experience because it taught me to look at the world in a long-term way. Shell takes a 20-year view on events and plans for different scenarios. It makes you see the world as a kind of large matrix.
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If you are playing someone living, it is a different type of judgment. However much work you do, it is not a documentary. There will be things you can't get right, and ultimately, you have to take a leap because - you weren't there.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and know how to brand and how to market themselves. They're very smart.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
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I'm a little skeptical of foreign coaches in our league and in U.S. Soccer just because of how different our league is and our players are than other players around the world.
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And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.
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One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.
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Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.
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Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
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I'm a complete skeptic when it comes to the supernatural and all that. I've never had any ghost stories or any kind of weird experiences.
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In rehearsals, I like to create an honest environment that is kinda free and fun.
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I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.
