Manika Quotes
'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
Quotes to Explore
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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I am very proud of the fact that I get to go out there every day and train in order to represent the Mexican people, and I can only hope they look up to me in a similar fashion.
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I miss baseball.
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When you read a comic book, there's a space between what's happening on the panel and what you have to literally see in your mind. That's not true of movies, where you see everything.
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They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'
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I never wrote just straight women's roles. I liked the strong characters. I don't mean women who have masculine qualities about them, but something that has some intestinal fortitude, some guts to it.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.
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I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.
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The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
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The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.
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I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.
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'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
