N. V. M. Gonzalez Quotes

I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.

When he saw what drugs or alcohol or unwanted pregnancy did to kids he fell in love with, he realized there had to be a straight path

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

There is no such thing as children’s literature.

Life and death are illusions. We are in a constant state of transformation.

Fear is the condom of life. It doesn't allow you to enjoy things.

I think every beautiful tale in the world hides the truth and reveals it little by little.

The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world.

Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership.

I plead for leniency. I understand that the road to redemption is going to be long for me.

It's very hard to try to be a cultural . . . people who organize cultural things . . . it's very complicated. And more so in a country like Guatemala.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.

Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness.

It's more enjoyable for me to know that life is finite. Knowing that, I would like to go to a party.

For me, it's not about masochism to talk about death. For me, it's about observing life through death, from the last point of it.

I never deny a true experience in one shot.

We must be the compassion we wish to see in others!

The Church must be one because a fragmented church is not much help to a fragmented world.

Always think about practice... theory is not the endpoint of work, it is the work along the way to work.

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

When I was five, I always told my mom I would want to be an actor.

In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.

A person wearing tinted glasses can avoid the conclusion that the entire world is tinted only by being conscious of the glasses themselves.

I've always been a streaky hitter. For the most part, when my home runs come, they come in bunches.

Diversity for the sake of diversity is not an accomplishment or a step forward. It's what you bring to the table.

Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.

Leadership doesn't come from age.

I love entertaining Korean people with traditional songs from Ecuador . It has been an exceptional, new experience for me to perform in Korea and I enjoyed so much.

I remember my rookie hazing. It wasnt fun.

Every time that I'm challenged with a film I think that I haven't learned anything, that every film is different and that every thing that I have learned is useless in this new adventure.

All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

As a society we're always so quick and able to spend money on lawyers for someone for incarceration, but we don't make the corresponding commitment to the preventative components of it.

I would love to do Evita or Elphaba in Wicked. But I am more excited to originate a role on Broadway.

In the space between our bodies there is a cup holder filled with pennies a distance which can often take years to cross.

Everywhere revolutions are painful yet a fruitful gestation of people; they shed blood but create light, they eliminate men but elaborate ideas.

You being in my arms, heart by heart feels like our love would never end.

It's a matter of each of the two churches being very deeply enculturated in its own setting and having difficulty understand the other.

Football is my love. Football is what I'm going to do. I'm a football player first.

All people know that they will die, but they don't actually believe it.

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.

Adversity in life teaches you.

Live, love, wonder, and be nice!

To be a small town kid from Hialeah, Fla., pitching in Miami and representing Team U.S.A., that says it all. It's a kid's dream. Don't pinch me. I don't want to wake up.

Life is short. You better get out there and do what you want to do while you can.

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve.

I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.