Daniel Alarcon Quotes

As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.

Daniel Alarcon

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Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless.

Joan of Arc

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There is poetry as soon as we realize that we possess nothing.

John Cage

PoetryNothingRealizeSoonPossess

There are two kinds of success. One is musical or artistic and the other is commercial.

John McLaughlin

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People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.

Steve Coogan

PeopleInterestingOldSameLike

I stuck with a mustache because... do you know Magnum P.I.?

Steven Adams

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If you read a lot of Chinese literature, there has always been very strong women figures - warriors, swordswomen - who defended honor and loyalty with the men. So, it's not new to our culture - it's always been very much a part of it. It's good that now the Western audience would have a different image of the Chinese women.

Michelle Yeoh

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If a culture doesn't allow you to laugh at the leaders or at things that your eyes and ears tell you are actually happening, that's not good.

Lorne Michaels

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Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping.

Jonathan Anderson

ShoppingGoBuySomethingEverywhere

When you're playing the same dirty dozen night after night, the moments that keep it fresh are those when you just let go and trust everyone.

Jonathan Cain

TrustNightMomentsYouDirtyGo

One, I have a wonderful publisher, Black Sparrow Press; as long as they exist, they will keep me in print. And they claim they sell very respectable numbers of my books, so I guess, and it's true, every place I go, my books are in libraries and on bookshelves.

Diane Wakoski

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Put the kids in a cool bath, then get them to bed, then light a candle. Do whatever you need to do to ease your troubled mind.

Delilah

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Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it.

Cliff Richard

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