Mariano Rivera Quotes
My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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We are very luck to be women, so even if we're wearing trousers, I always wear them with some lace underwear or a very feminine bra - I like that.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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I don't like intellectuals, or, at least, people who call themselves that way, because I am under the impression that there is always something condescending in their demeanour, and I don't like condescending people.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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People never think of entertainers as being human. When you walk out on stage, the audience think, 'Nothing can go wrong with them.' We get sick and we have headaches just like they do. When we are cut, we bleed.
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.
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Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.
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Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership.
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It's so difficult to actually come up with ideas that you really fall in love with, you know? That's the most difficult thing about filmmaking - and that's my main challenge in life.
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Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy.
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My father was strict and always taught me, no matter who it is, everybody is an uncle. To me, everybody was someone I respect like family. I grew up with that.
