Arturo O'Farrill Quotes

I grew up in an environment with virtually no Hispanics where you see only people in your culture in custodial jobs. I had a messed up image of what we bring to this nation. My father was known as a pioneering figure in Cuban music, but I still associated him with everything that was negative in my neighborhood. I could not have been more mistaken.

Arturo O'Farrill

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I think we all get into situations where we don't know how to proceed, and those are really the scariest moments that we have, but that's also what makes us 'grow up' and learn a lot about each other.

John Krasinski

ThinkGrowLearnMomentsKnowUp

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Michael Dell

SuccessCollegeGeniusYouDream

I like vampires.

Tommy Wiseau

LikeVampires

I do feel there is a very rabid young base for 'Black Mirror' that will very much identify with the daughter character because of the invasiveness they feel with their parents trying to control their moves on social media.

Rosemarie DeWitt

DaughterCharacterMirrorParents

Family is very important. Me and my brothers were very close when I was growing up. We did a lot of things together to survive. If you have family behind you, the sky's the limit.

Michael Oher

FamilyTogetherSkyMeGrowing Up

I love my name. I didn't used to when I was a kid. People called me Lucky Charms, after the breakfast cereal.

Lucky Blue Smith

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I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook.

Jaron Lanier

SenseAny

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.

Derek Jacobi

TimePeopleReputationExpectations

Adventure books are my personal favorites. 'The Endurance,' a story about Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctica expedition, or 'Into Thin Air,' Jon Krakauer's personal account of the 1996 disaster on Mt Everest, are two notables.

Dean Karnazes

AdventureStoryEndurancePersonal

I'm hunting one thing and one thing only, and that's the Super Bowl.

DeAngelo Williams

Super BowlHuntingOne ThingOnly

There's going to be a lot of collaborative social experiences with Rift and Touch.

Brendan Iribe

TouchExperiencesSocialGoingRift

Either I'm really into the organizing, or I'm really into the music. As I've been going, I've been able to figure out ways to even it out a little more.

Boots Riley

MusicOrganizingMoreOutLittle

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