"A lot of the things that seem to be coming out now [in 2016] could have been written just maybe three years ago by the Gang of Eight or by Jeb Bush."

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Jose Diaz-Balart

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“It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.”

Source : St. John of the Cross (1991). “The Collected Works of Saint John of the Cross”, p.93, ICS Publications
“A private faith that does not act in the face of oppression is no faith at all.”
“I moved on to the University of California, Berkley, coordinating interpreters for Deaf students at the university. The first year I was at Berkley, we brought in artists, performers, actors, and poets to create a Deaf arts festival. I did a lot of the interpreting for the stage performers. By the second year, I realized that I really liked producing arts festivals that had to do something with signing.”

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“I enjoy writing songs that could have been written before [my time]. When I feel like I'm tapping into a deep vein in the body of American music, it gives me strength as a writer, like I'm dipping my pen into a deep ink well. That's the folk music tradition. Like Pete Seeger said, 'Everyone's a link in the chain.' It's a strong chain, so rely on it. ... I believe it takes all those great songs in the past to make your song even a little bit good.”
“Deep at the bottom of the well no warmth has yet returned, The rain which sighs and feels so cold has dampened withered roots. What sort of man at such a time would come to visit the teacher? As this is not a time for flowers, I find I've come alone.”
“Don't let what others think or say get in your way; their actions reflect on them, not you.”
“I came from a real working-class show business family.”
“The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War.”

Source : "Japan, The Ambiguous, and Myself". Nobel Lecture, www.nobelprize.org. December 07, 1994.

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