María Concepción Balboa Buika (Concha Buika) Quotes

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

María Concepción Balboa Buika

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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.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Food
  • Rest
  • Football

• My responsibility is to follow the law.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Law
  • Responsibility
  • Follow

• The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • People
  • Country
  • Heroes

• Barbara Castle was a hero to millions of British women. She inspired a new generation of women to become active in Labour politics, including, of course Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman.

  

  Patricia Hewitt
  • Women
  • Inspired
  • Hero

• What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Better
  • Fat
  • Cats

• I chose the Xperia based on its functions. Apart from using the phone to communicate, I also use it to take pictures. The image quality with this cell phone is great.

  

  Okky Madasari
  • Great
  • Quality
  • Cellphone

• Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Music
  • Job
  • Dad

• When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.

  

  Patricia Briggs
  • She
  • Book
  • Reality

• Sleep is the best meditation.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Best
  • Sleep
  • Dreams

• I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • People
  • World
  • Good

• The Devonian and Cornishman will be found by the visitor to be courteous and hospitable. There is no roughness of manner where unspoiled by periodic influx of strangers; he is kindly, tender-hearted, and somewhat suspicious.

  

  Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Will
  • Found
  • Strangers

• When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • People
  • Myself
  • Cancer

• The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.

  

  Hannah Kearney
  • Experience
  • You
  • Taken

• People identify with other people for different reasons, and I personally am really comfortable around lesbians because, in some ways, we view women the same way.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • People
  • Different
  • Women

• There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to examine on a really profound level the way we live our lives and who we are and where we've been. That brilliant learning sometimes gets trapped in academia and never sees the light of day.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• I don't have a gym membership. I usually do a bit of basic yoga or stretches at home or in my dressing room before the show. I've done plank for 60 seconds almost every day since 2009, when I had to wear a bikini onstage in 'South Pacific.'

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Done
  • Home
  • Day

• To go back means defeat.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Back
  • Go
  • Defeat

• Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Sometimes
  • Teacher
  • Advice

• Never for a moment do we lay aside our mistrust of the ideals established by society, and of the convictions which are kept by it in circulation. We always know that society is full of folly and will deceive us in the matter of humanity. … humanity meaning consideration for the existence and the happiness of individual human beings.

  

  Albert Schweitzer
  • Society
  • Humanity

• I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Money
  • Everything
  • Give

• For someone who works in theatre, the rehearsal is where you discover everything. It is where magic happens, where the script enters you and becomes part of you.

  

  Ali Fazal
  • Magic
  • Theatre

• I really want to do film, but I want to do the right film. The truth for me is that I'm really driven by stories. So there are stories I want to tell, and if it's a good story then I want to do it, whatever genre it is.

  

  Condola Rashad
  • Good
  • Truth

• For my family, 'black-ish' is the reward on a Thursday evening - a day after the show officially airs, when it's finally available to be streamed.

  

  Jacqueline Woodson
  • Family
  • Black
  • Thursday

• I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

  

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