"[M]y mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. And while she may be proud of me tonight, I've got to tell you, Mom, I'm even more proud of you. Thank you, Mom."

-- Julian Castro

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“It is time for thee to be gone, lest the age more decent in its wantonness should laugh at thee and drive thee of the stage. [Lat., Tempus abire tibi est, ne . . . Rideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.]”
“Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.”
“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.”
“I seem to be the most wordy when it comes to monsters because I'm a bit of a monster freak.”

Source : "An Interview with Dracula and His Brides". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. May 05, 2004.
“The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that he sunk himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding.”
“Twelve thousand miles of it, to the other side of the world. And whether they came home again or not, they would belong neither here, nor there, for they would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.”
“I came from Canada when I was about 10 years old, and our family settled in Cleveland, Ohio.”
“In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.”

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