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Maria de Medeiros Quotes

People of my generation in Portugal fell into the magic potion of political ideas. What was very funny about this revolution was that it did not bring wealth to the Portuguese. But it brought language, ideas. You'd go to the fish market, and all the women who were selling fish would call each other fascist, communist.

Maria de Medeiros

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: portuguese
Birth: August 19, 1965

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Funny Women People Ideas Generation

Everybody is playing games. There are games now for pretty much every age, every demographic.

Age Now Games Playing Games Pretty

I started wearing wigs when I was younger and had a thyroid disease that made my hair fall out. It was devastating. I thought, 'I could either have an issue with this, or I could go to the store and buy a wig.' And then I fell in love with wearing them, and I stuck with it even after my hair came back.

Angela Robinson

Love Hair Thought Fall Back Go

I have good memories of Bangalore.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Adversity Character Challenges Just

When I started, I faced a lot of hardships. People used to call me a Rafi clone because I used to sing my favourite singer's songs. Then 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' happened. It gave me a good break.

Good People Me Hardships Singer

The glib, facile, simplistic, and prefabricated language by which we as consumers are constantly surrounded is a language that flatters us, that urges us to indulge ourselves, to get away from it all, to be unique by opting in, talking back, liking us on Facebook, leaving a review, sharing, retweeting, etc.

Language Talking Unique Back Leaving

Nothing happens quite by chance. It's a question of accretion of information and experience.

Experience Chance Information Nothing

TV critics came after me for overhyping LeBron. A lot of people don't know this, but I didn't want to do the game. I told ESPN, 'We're making this kid into something special.' I always follow orders, whatever my people want me to do.

People Me Game Know Want Follow

I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. 'Bullets Over Broadway' is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years.

Love Feel Become Director Over Film

They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.

Crazy Thinking Speech Know Actor Up

We live in a world in which data convey authority. But authority has a way of descending to certitude, and certitude begets hubris.

Live World Data Authority Way Which

Drawing and visual pursuits were first. Music came and found me in a way. Really, what it's about is creative problem solving, and music is a lot more an expression of that than painting is for me.

Music Creative Me Painting Problem

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