Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

I've been uncomfortable dealing with my identity since I was 16 years old.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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IdentityUncomfortableOldYears

Weirdly enough, I'm a macroeconomics enthusiast.

Andreja Pejic

EnoughEnthusiastWeirdly

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?

Anna Chlumsky

TrustJobTeenMomCareYou

I love Viola Davis. I call her 'Queen.' I think she's phenomenal. She's so raw and so bold. When I first saw her was in 'Doubt,' and she just changed everything for me. Her performance was unlike anything I had ever seen before, and I think she's phenomenal.

Anna Diop

LoveQueenMePerformanceThinkShe

When Picasso painted in Paris, was he a Spanish or a French painter? It does not matter, he was Picasso, whatever the influences surrounding him. He simply chose Paris because it was the ideal place for him to sell his creation.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

PlaceParisCreationMatterWhatever

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

Michael Hastings

WritingAudienceFactEveryMass

Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

Michael Badnarik

GunThinkMercyNothingLawsWho

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

John Ratzenberger

CharacterSomeoneCliffUpStarted

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

John Ralston Saul

DemocracyFreeCapitalismRunWill

When Napoleon abdicated in April 1814, Britain expected that America would soon lose heart and surrender, too. From then on, London's chief aims were to bring a swift conclusion to the war and capture as much territory as possible in order to gain the best advantage in the inevitable peace talks.

Amanda Foreman

HeartBestPeaceWarAmericaLose

People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.

Roger McGuinn

MusicPeopleMeWonderfulArtists

The challenge is to keep up with all the new poets at the same time I love the old ones.

Mary Oliver

LoveTimeChallengeNewOldSame

Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down.

Michael Keaton

GreatDownPatientSlowing

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