Mariano Rivera Quotes
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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I am a mortician who tells you that you don't necessarily need a mortician.
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I think it's fun to get in a room and sweat with people. I'm happy to share my workouts with everyone.
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where I chose my meat for the evening from a cage of white rats. It tasted perfectly good - like rabbit.
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Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
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In any nation, the hypocrites do not become apparent except during times of fitnah (severe tests and hardships).
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Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
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Now I'm the go-to-girl for silent films.
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I listen to Christian music.
