Andy Garcia Quotes

I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay.

Andy Garcia

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 12, 1956

Topics

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I was taught to be anti-Jewish.

Mercedes McCambridge

Taught

I probably shouldn't live in New York.

Steve Burns

LiveNew YorkNewYork

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Simone Weil

PastDestructionGreatestPerhaps

I'm an actor. Since I was a teenager, I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school. The fluidity of my own personal identity on any given day was further compounded by the changing labels assigned to Asians in general.

Riz Ahmed

FamilyCultureDaySchoolIdentity

Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford's Board, I've had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

Ruth Porat

DailyOpportunityTimeExperienceUp

I only have three scenes and each is a turn and she gets progressively drunker. It's all terribly funny and its main challenge is that it's so far away from what I usually do.

Louise Jameson

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It was the rootlessness that went with being the son of an RAF officer that shaped me. I had been to 11 schools by the time I was 9.

Jonathan Powell

SonTimeMeBeingBeenShaped

Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis had enormous talent, and Elvis was the major contributor to an entirely new genre of music. Sometimes their exploits were distasteful to people, but they left behind an enormous body of work that endures.

Bob Beckel

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When I was little, I saw the play 'Les Miserables' on Broadway, I thought it was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

Ashley Tisdale

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I personally believe every country has the same amount of spectrum. It is not that India has less... It needs to be vacated from other places; that is what other countries have also done.

Sunil Mittal

BelieveCountryIndiaDonePlaces

It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.

Sheena Easton

YouNewAwardsSelf-EsteemIndustry

People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

Keri Russell

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