Carmen Yulin Cruz Quotes
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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I had some problems with fidelity in my life but pretty much got along with everybody.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
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The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot of information about maps, directions, positioning, and details, so I usually prefer working out those issues on the page itself.
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In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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I always consider Shakespeare like a huge room. I mean, you open the door, and you can go anywhere.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.
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Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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I'm from a working-class background, and I've experienced that worry of not having a job next week because the unions are going on strike.
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What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original. Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.
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The world of the flapper - live free, wild and young - that energy is intoxicating. It's nice to inject that into the more controlled 'Downton' way of living.
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A few words about Sarah Palin: She is one of the most fascinating women I have ever met. She crackles with energy like a live electrical wire and on first meeting gets about three inches from your face.
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I was always fascinated by graphic art and typography and architecture. And so I was constantly cutting things and making blocks and making buildings out of shoeboxes.
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I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.
