Carmen Yulin Cruz Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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There is too much employer-employee relationship in America. I wish the musicians would feel that many decisions have to do with them and not delegate everything to management or to the board or to the committee. This is why you get a sense of pride in some of the European orchestras: because they are part of the decision-making.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Flying small airplanes is not like being on airlines.
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I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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I think among the population at large, people are openly fascinated with crime and don't feel any shame over it. It's only the opinion-makers and the 'opinion elites' who turn up their noses.
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We do not want to destroy any people. It is precisely because we have been advocating coexistence that we have shed so much blood.
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The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.
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What really is nasty is showing your back to the Puerto Rican people.
