Michael Pena Quotes

I feel really comfortable with going for the reality of the drama, but I'm not much for the comedy of it. You have to make people laugh, or you have to be true to the character in such a way that makes people laugh. It's a whole different thing.

Michael Pena

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1976

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When I talk to students or young writers about the importance of being unafraid to take controversial positions, I'm struck by the degree to which they can't entertain a thought, much less commit one to paper, without imagining the cacophony of snark they'll get in response.

Meghan Daum

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I had no precise plan when I started 'Electronica,' but I think it has been a very positive journey for me.

Jean-Michel Jarre

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I have had many opportunities to visit universities all over the world in the past 50 years.

John Pople

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I know I'm not perfect at giving my body what it needs to refuel after a run. Recognizing my bad habits has helped me pay more attention to what I eat. I have been known to rush through my day without making nutrition a priority, so I work hard to prepare healthy snacks in advance of my runs and while the kids are at school.

Summer Sanders

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I was the best street fighter in history when I was growing up on the Lower East Side. Hell, I never lost a street fight. Never. I thought I could lick Jack Dempsey or Joe Louis or anybody. I was fantastic.

Rocky Graziano

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Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer.

Mary Baker Eddy

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I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.

Martin Van Buren

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I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night.

Monica Keena

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I may be a lifelong 'downtowner,' but Central Park really is the most amazing and the most beautiful part of New York City.

Moby

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I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my job, and that's where it stops.

Brendan Gleeson

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It is seldom in life that one knows that a coming event is to be of crucial importance.

Anya Seton

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The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.

Antonio Porchia

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