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Pedro Almodovar

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Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Broadway musicals, where you sing the whole time, I really don't like; I like alternating dialog...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burles...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Even people who work with me don«t know who I«m dating. I just don...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I hardly ever go back because there I don't return as an acclaimed director, but rather as a little ...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR This means a lot to us but it's not going to change the kind of movie I'm going to do. ... Tomorrow,...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Even people who work with me don´t know who I´m dating. I just don...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Right now I don't know if I have dreamt about this or not. But when you are in the ocean you must sw...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I fit very well, you don't know how much, with winning the Oscar. It happened before with Women on t...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I don't know if All About My Mother is my best film yet. I haven't had time to analyse it. If you lo...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR When I was very young, I was already a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that eve...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I think my films are always political, even if I don't put explicitly political things in them.
PEDRO ALMODOVAR All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the personages. In...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR La Mancha is a very macho, chauvinistic society. I saw very clearly that my life had to be in Madrid...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Even though I love my mother, I didn't want to make an idealized portrait of her. I'm fascin...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR My directors of photography light my films, but the colours of the sets, furnishings, clothes, hairs...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something m...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are go...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Even people who work with me don´t know who I´m dating. I just don´t talk about it so that I won�...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for th...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you ...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not on...
PEDRO ALMODOVAR Life may sometimes be cruel, it may harm you, may hurt your feelings. And in times of great sufferin...
PEDRO The government of Puerto Rico has every right to hold a plebiscite, to consult the people of Puerto ...
PEDRO PIERLUISI Speak low if you speak love.
DON PEDRO I have the cliche 'struggling actor' story. I was waiting tables in New York, went out to L....
PEDRO PASCAL I just went to your typical public schools, and my dad would take us to the movies every week, or he...
PEDRO PASCAL My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a ...
PEDRO MARTINEZ I get a lot of kids distracted. Sometimes they got to go cover left field, but they're over here...
PEDRO MARTINEZ If people can keep track of all the celebrity gossip, there's no reason we can't also assimi...
PEDRO REYES I am such a 'True Detective' fan. I was anticipating it each Sunday as it came. I'm kind...
PEDRO PASCAL Puerto Rico loses out on billions of dollars annually because it is treated unequally under a range ...
PEDRO PIERLUISI Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a...
PEDRO PIERLUISI Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean. (on sportswriters)
PEDRO GUERRERO I'll continue to work and try to do my job.
PEDRO ASTACIO I have to worry about it because it's my job. You have to go there and pitch. You have big-league hi...
PEDRO ASTACIO I was trying to throw strikes. That's what happened, I didn't throw strikes. I have to come back to ...
PEDRO ASTACIO I looked forward to the opportunity to go and pitch every five days, see what I'm able to do and do ...
PEDRO ASTACIO Every time we got a run, I just went out there thinking, 'Get three more out,'  ......
PEDRO ASTACIO You can't hit, ... That's why you're a pitcher.
PEDRO ASTACIO I don't think people remember the last game that I pitched where I got hurt. I had to slow down and ...
PEDRO ASTACIO I feel fine. I take the ball when they give it to me.
PEDRO ASTACIO I don't worry about my record and ERA. All I want is wins for the team. We win. So it is good.
PEDRO ASTACIO If you're feeling pressure, it's going to make it more difficult for you to do your job, ... It's a ...
PEDRO ASTACIO We're consolidating the links between the state of Nebraska and our country, links that would be str...
PEDRO ALVAREZ He is a very good pitcher and he throws the ball very hard. I was just trying to put the ball in pla...
PEDRO ALVAREZ Those changes have created uncertainty. Cuba was forced to divert hundreds of million of dollars to ...
PEDRO ALVAREZ Arkansas is a very good team and very aggressive. We knew we had to be aggressive right back. We had...
PEDRO ALVAREZ During the time of the draft and all the workouts, it was a little hectic. It came to our family a l...
PEDRO ALVAREZ We've had a great commerce experience with Nebraska.
PEDRO ALVAREZ We've had a great commerce experience with Nebraska and this shows the desire of many (U.S.) states ...
PEDRO ALVAREZ Between the point of decision and the point of completion, each creditor can reduce the debt servici...
PEDRO ALBA The objective of debt relief is to free up resources to improve the lot of the poor.
PEDRO ALBA The objective of debt relief is to free up resources to improve the lot of the poor. But sustained i...
PEDRO ALBA You have a lot of oil and poverty. The released resources must help the population, in particular th...
PEDRO ALBA After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents ...
PEDRO PIERLUISI We cannot be overconfident, despite this triumph,
PEDRO MARTINEZ I was as big as I could be, ... I did whatever possible. I can't really predict when a guy's going t...
PEDRO MARTINEZ ill treat you like a princess not because you deserve it but because every time i look at you its wh...
PEDRO MAGALHAES Unless I really feel discomfort, I pitch,
PEDRO MART That puts her in a position to compete. That's a two-foot PR for her from last year and puts her in ...
PEDRO MARQUEZ Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Of course it's nice to be on the pole.
PEDRO LAMY These were folks who were intelligent, soft spoken and unobtrusive. Of course, in retrospect, you th...
PEDRO FREYRE rifle on their backs, pistol on their hips, sweat on their brows, dust all over their faces, not kno...
PEDRO HERNANDEZ Please write that they were really, really nice - extremely nice - at Immigration. The court where t...
PEDRO MARTINEZ They tell me they have to watch out for [Joe] DiMaggio,
PEDRO MARTINEZ They're sending me to the Dominican Republic. Then I'll go with T. O. to the Bahamas and do his trai...
PEDRO MARTINEZ The blood-brain barrier ordinarily protects the brain by keeping infections, even ones in the blood,...
PEDRO IRAZOQUI Music originated from God and was created solely for his worship, his glory, and his pleasure.
PEDRO OKORO The good is the Enemy of the best. Until you depart from the good, you cannot enter God's best for y...
PEDRO OKORO Whatever your station or position in life, there is always room for improvement, enhancement, and pe...
PEDRO OKORO Take God at His Word – because winning the battle doesn't require
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PEDRO OKORO Spiritual warfare is very real. There is a furious, fierce, and ferocious battle raging in the realm...
PEDRO OKORO The more at bats I get the more comfortable I feel. I don't feel like I'm behind. It feels like I've...
PEDRO FELIZ This is something I've always wanted to do.
PEDRO FELIZ If they need me somewhere, I never say no. I always carry my three gloves.
PEDRO FELIZ He gave me a good pitch and I hit a double -- it was my best at-bat of the day.
PEDRO FELIZ That's something we're going to have be prepared for. That's going to happen. If we keep (getting hi...
PEDRO FELIZ Perez hit that ball, but it wasn't like he actually knew what was coming. He just reacted to it, thr...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Get out of here. Really, we signed him? Oh no, Mama Mia, things are going to go crazy over here. Thi...
PEDRO MARTINEZ There is that sour feeling of who else is in on this. This is nasty. This is bad.
PEDRO FREYRE What can I say--just tip my hat and call the Yankees my daddy. I can't find a way to beat them at th...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Officer McGuire committed a terrible act of plain incompetence and he's still out there with a badge...
PEDRO IRIGONEGARAY People worry that computers will get too smart and take over the world, but the real problem is that...
PEDRO DOMINGOS This is what happens when you privatize Medicare. The Medicare prescription drug benefit is a massiv...
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ It's different throwing off a slope than on flat ground. We'll see how it feels.
PEDRO MARTINEZ I felt good. I felt a little stiff, but that was expected. After I threw a few pitches and I let it ...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Actually the adrenaline of the game will probably help me out a little bit to regain command and con...
PEDRO MARTINEZ If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
PEDRO MARTINEZ I should be able to, ... I have to rehab my toe a little.
PEDRO MARTINEZ My brother never got an opportunity to throw a pitch, and I didn't want the same thing to happen...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Based on what I did in the simulation game, that's what I would think I would do. I am definitely lo...
PEDRO MARTINEZ My family is Chilean, and I was born there. By the time I was four, we were living in San Antonio, T...
PEDRO PASCAL I didn't feel all that good. I felt a little flat. I felt a little out of whack. Then as the game we...
PEDRO MARTINEZ I definitely believe that art is the best way to produce social change.
PEDRO REYES None of the teams that actually probably were offering me a job from the getgo, actually in spring t...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Todos me adoram... E quem me ama?
PEDRO BANDEIRA We will concentrate our actions on scientific bases. We won't accept theological or ideological impo...
PEDRO CHEQUER It worked for me, ... And now it's paying off for someone else.
PEDRO MART That was three freshmen and a sophomore. Zach showed a lot of speed in his 100 leg of the relay, so ...
PEDRO MARQUEZ If a no-hitter comes, I'll take it. I don't go out there expecting no-hitters, but I was lucky enoug...
PEDRO MARTINEZ Brazil wants to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council. That means we have to particip...
PEDRO MOTTA We have to do everything we can for the internal market in the sense that we want to be more efficie...
PEDRO SOLBES Independence or death!
DOM PEDRO I En el lodo, pero no derrotados.
PEDRO A. PéREZ RAYMOND When love is not madness it is not love.
PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA What is life? A frenzy. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a fiction. And the greatest good is tri...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening ...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA They say that the best counsel is that of woman. [Sp., Dicen, que el primer consejo Ha de ser ...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA A woman needs a stronger head than her own for counsel--she should marry. [Sp., Una muger no tien...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Love that is not madness is not love.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA You lie--under a mistake-- For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA These flowers, which were splendid and sprightly, waking in the dawn of the morning, in the evening ...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA For even in dreams a good deed is not lost.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA 'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; the loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is litt...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA When love is not madness, it is not love.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. ...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA For man's greatest crime is to have been born.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Cuando el amor no es locura,no es amor.
PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA In this treacherous world
Nothing is the truth nor a lie.
Everything depends on the color<...
PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA But whether it be dream or truth, to do well is what matters. If it be truth, for truth's sake. If n...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA 'Tis not where we lie, but whence we fell; The loss of heaven's the greatest pain in hell.
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life i...
PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA Love that is not madness is not love.
PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción, PEDRO CALDERóN DE LA BARCA One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.
PEDRO CALDER&OACUTE;N DE LA BARCA