Carlos Beruff Quotes
I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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My childhood ambition was to be an Olympic swimmer like my aunt, but that died a quick death when I discovered other sports. I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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Those who said I'm not an out-and-out goal-scorer are probably right. I always feel I could score more.
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They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars.
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I don't think that technology is going to allow for greater subjugation of people. I think it's gonna give them more freedom.
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To me, cinema is not a movie or a TV screen, and it's not a seat in a building versus one in your living room. It's the art of motion pictures.
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You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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We all know that China is industrializing at a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent per year. China is on track to pass the U.S. as the largest economy in the world in 20 to 25 years, and China is determined to give its people a chance at this high standard of living that we enjoy.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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I want to be the top man in our sport. I want to be that guy everyone wants to see skate.
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I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.
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I made the miscalculation of taking Mr. Rubio at his word that he wouldn't seek re-election if he lost the presidential primary.
