Edward James Olmos Quotes

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

Edward James Olmos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 24, 1947

Topics

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I thought then, and I think now, that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and unjust. And I think the premises on which it was launched were false.

Jimmy Carter

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Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

Joe Posnanski

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All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

Jeanne Moreau

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I tend to work quite a lot during the weekends. My weekend can often be about two hours on Sunday.

John Tiffany

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My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

America Ferrera

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If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

Sidney Poitier

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I think it goes back to the fact that the evangelical community often does not have a biblical vision of God.

Tony Campolo

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Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency.

Rudolf Arnheim

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When you come up with a theory, you fall in love with the beauty the simplicity and elegance of it. But then you have to get a sheet of paper and pencil and crack out all the details. Hundreds and hundreds of pages. Because you have to prove it.

Michio Kaku

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I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie.

Louis Malle

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A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Modern medicine uses imaging 'windows' such as magnetic resonance imaging scanners to bring into view otherwise unseen vital information that skilled physicians can use for the benefit of their patients.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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