Edward James Olmos Quotes

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• It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does ?
• What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.
• We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share…
• Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.
• 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…
• A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try…
• It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.
• If it’s change you need, relish the journey.
• Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.
• Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa
• And I've been acting for 39 years, so I define characters differently than I did in say Miami Vice
• I'm always pleased when people respond to the work
• Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them
• When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub
• The older you get the more you understand what you're doing
• There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous…
• I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet
• You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of…
• We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated
• Education is a vacine for violence

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