Carlos Ruiz Quotes
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I was a little girl fighting as a partisan against Nazi-Fascism.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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And I think I have a perspective about Hollywood that you don't see very often in the press.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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Personality is everything that's false in a human: everything that's been added on to him and contrived.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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I always like to do the things that I think are right. I am not trying to be a model, I am trying to be myself and do the right things. If what I am doing is a model, or is an example, is the right example, I am very happy, but I don't pretend that.
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A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
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A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.
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Huge numbers of embassy cables are labeled 'unclassified' or 'limited official use' and deal with mundane matters.
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I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.
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When I was 10 I used to walk around shopping centres and go, "Oh, they've recognised me!" And I would think, "hold on, who am I? I'm nobody famous yet!" - Darren on 60 Minutes
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I always try to have some good at-bats. Home runs come once in a while; that's good.
