Matt de la Pena Quotes

When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended family, as well.

Matt de la Pena

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FamilyParentsPeopleYoungUpWell

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don't say that disrespectfully, but they've been shown a God that you can't measure up to.

Joel Osteen

GodReligionPeopleThinkYouDown

President Obama is more and more beginning to look like the hypocrite-in-chief when it comes to the war on terrorism. All sorts of things that he criticized the president for, he's actually continued and even extended. This drone attack program, he's got it at the highest level ever.

John Fleming

BeginningWarLookTerrorismMore

The great thing about doing a series about the Broadway community is that the possibilities are endless.

Megan Hilty

CommunityGreatDoingPossibilities

I'd love for mental illness to be seen in the way that other horrible illnesses are. When people get cancer, very few parents will say, 'Oh I feel so bad for giving you so much unhealthy food over the years.'

Matt Haig

LoveFoodParentsPeopleGivingYou

I think I've been able to build up a wide range of styles in storytelling, using comics in different ways from project to project. I think my art has become more accomplished, although I try to keep it from becoming slick or superficial.

Jeffrey Brown

ArtThinkBuildBecomeStorytelling

We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.

Mercedes Ruehl

UnderstandCondemnTendency

If one sibling does something, the other will fill the opposite role. I found, at least for my brother and I in real life, that seems to be a thing.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

LifeBrotherSiblingWillRealRole

The beauty of theater is that you get to live the character from beginning to end without stopping. The natural momentum of the story propels you through in such a way that feels organic.

Sterling K. Brown

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Every time I give an interview, I seem to offend somebody in my family, usually my mother.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Message matters. Message matters almost as much as actions.

Ron Suskind

MattersAlmostActionsMessageMuch

I am very supportive of Donald Trump's call to temporarily suspend immigration from countries where terrorists influence and impact represents a threat to the United States.

Mike Pence

I AmInfluenceImpactImmigration

I started Shutterstock out of my own need. I'd previously created a few software companies, and each time, I struggled to find affordable images to use on my websites.

Jon Oringer

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