Carlos Ruiz Quotes
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
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After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Whenever you're going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane.
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I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want.
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I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
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Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating the planet. But we are. If you take all the biomass of vertebrates on the planet, 98% are men and their domestic animals. All the wild animals in the world make up only 2%.
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China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.
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Kids who evolve into creative adults tend to have a strong moral compass.
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As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.
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I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba and cry, 'Tis all barren!
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Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
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Gauguin is creepy - let's just face it. He goes off into the Pacific, and he's looking at these young girls, and the colonial gaze: It's just really problematic.
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The good Lord was the one who provided everything for me.
