Jose Antonio Vargas Quotes

Of all the questions I get asked as an undocumented immigrant in the United States, there are two - asked in various permutations via email, social media or in person - that chill me to the bone: 'Why don't you just make yourself legal?' And: 'Why don't you get in the back of the line?'

Jose Antonio Vargas

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Social MediaYourselfMeChillLegal

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly.

John Cage

FlyWithinCarryUsOurWhich

There's something called, 'resolution authority,' which gives the government the power to takeover a failing bank - something they didn't have pre-Lehman Brothers.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

PowerGovernmentResolutionAuthority

My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and the obligations of an oath require of me a particular course. Under such circumstances, whether I sink or swim on the tide of popular favor is, to me, a matter of inferior consideration.

John Tyler

BestMeInfluenceTidePersonal

I'm trying to get the terrorist out of the bugaboo category and into the category of a fellow human being.

John Updike

TryingHumanOutHuman BeingGet

Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional.

Michael Pena

PlayHumanBeing HumanHuman Being

I think more important than law is the hearts of people.

Louis Gossett, Jr.

PeopleLawThinkImportantMore

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.

Liz Phair

LifeArtYouArtistKnowBecome

I feel like I appreciate and love myself a lot more than I used to. At one point, I would look in the mirror; I just hated what I saw... and finally, when I was 17, I built some confidence, and now I try to keep that confidence going.

Jay Pharoah

LoveConfidenceMirrorMyselfLook

I play on all the consoles, but Xbox, mostly. I'm versatile, though, so whatever's going on, I'll take care of it.

Jason Kidd

CareTake CarePlayWhateverGoing

To me, there are things you're good at and things you're not so good at. For some reason, I'm good at darker characters. It has to do with how you look.

Christopher Walken

GoodMeYouLookReasonThings

I read 'Preacher' once a year.

CM Punk

YearReadOncePreacherOnce A Year

We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

TogetherYouWillForeverSuffer

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