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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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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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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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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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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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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I have a pig valve.
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Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.
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The old economy with careers and benefits and pensions is gone. There are scary implications to that.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that.
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I was always the black sheep of the family and always told that I was dumb, and I had a low IQ and did badly in school.
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Boarding school was a really pivotal moment. Before I went there, I was so happy. I'm not sure I was ready for it. I was only 13. My parents didn't send me away; it was my choice as well. But I definitely shouldn't have stayed for five years.
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'Don Quijote' by Cervantes. I read the original Spanish version when I was in high school. Such a classic!
