Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

To me, politics is culture. I became a journalist, and later a filmmaker, to get to know my new country and my volatile place in it as a gay, undocumented Filipino-American.

Jose Antonio Vargas

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CulturePoliticsMeGayPlaceKnow

The most I've spent on shoes were a pair from Kurt Geiger for £250.

Joanne Froggatt

ShoesPairMostSpentWereKurt

I had my Olympic gold medal cut up into eleven pieces. Gave all eleven of my kids a piece. It'll come together again when they put me down.

Joe Frazier

TogetherMeGoldDownUpPieces

The redwood is one of the few conifers that sprout from the stump and roots, and it declares itself willing to begin immediately to repair the damage of the lumberman and also that of the forest-burner.

John Muir

RootsRepairBeginRedwoodWilling

As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more.

John Zorn

Old FriendsSupportStartAttention

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

Steven Tyler

LiveEgoHonorBuyBigSomething

I had a strong faith that I would, eventually, have a baby.

Trinny Woodall

FaithBabyStrongWouldEventually

As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in L.A. and had nothing to do with the industry. It's not a glamorous thing to me. It's just a different type of business.

Troian Bellisario

StarsBusinessTeenPeopleMe

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.

Roscoe Mitchell

MyselfBoxLikeComposing

I am a helicopter pilot. Something that gives me pleasure sometimes is taking my helicopter to go high, 2000 meter, 6000 feet, to go there and feel like a bird. In this moment I feel free.

Roberto Cavalli

BirdMomentI AmMeFreeFeet

You can't go wrong with fish and chips.

Michael Sandel

FishYouWrongGoChips

I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.'

Michael Keaton

ThoughtDreamWildThingsWowSaw

In between that time, I've done book narrating, you know, books on tape for Dove Audio.

Juice Newton

TimeBookYouKnowDoneDove

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