Pete Martinez quote: "We sounded our horns one after the other. They screamed; some of them jumped up. They were real scared and angry for a minute, then they all started laughing and came over to meet us."

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professio...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exa...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never ...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Love is based on imagination.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes ever...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of ...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I don't have goals in life.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I'll always be a foreigner.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this ...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This perso...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Imagination creates some big monsters.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay,...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. O...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six ye...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. Yo...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Cubanas are very strong women. So don't mess with us - don't take us for granted!
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. B...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good thin...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My favorite car is a '69 Barracuda.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like '...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I make a bomb vaca frita. It's like a flank steak like with the ropa vieja, but it's fried w...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

The thing with Stephen King is that everyone dies, and everyone comes back to life. So you never kno...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I love meat - I'm Cuban; I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con pollo. I don't belie...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but j...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I do eat what I want. I love meat - I'm Cuban: I grew up eating meat, platanos, and arroz con po...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I love boxing, MMA, and hiking with my dog. I work out 3 times a week, and on my off days, I do yoga...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
NATALIE MARTINEZ

I have to represent. I feel proud to have a culture that's different... and proud to be a Latina...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

'Dance Dance Revolution.' That's a lot of fun when you're having a dinner party and ...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

Needless to say we had nothing to do with that. We are wondering who did it.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

These numbers are not important to us because Republican voters focus on principle, not public polls...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

When you subtract the million dollars Charlie Crist raised from the biggest casino owner on the East...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I even like Taco Bell. I love the beef burrito supreme. I don't like their tacos, but I'll go there ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I think this is important to the community. It is hard for us to go to the landfill through the week...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

That we have the organization to do it. That's what this tour is about: proving there is no front-ru...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

Waiting six hours to get one bag of ice and six bottles of water is not a good thing.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

We're way ahead of schedule in terms of staff, in terms of events held, and in terms of money raised...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

To us it's not important where the other guy is. It's important where we are and what our internal g...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I offered early on - I think I was governor about a month when I met President Obama - and said, ...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

Nevada is a perfect testing ground for a candidate, given its diversity.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

This is definitely a competitive process.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

I think we're the perfect recipe to be an early caucus state.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

We are a service-oriented state and immigrant labor has been good for gaming and construction.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

We can't have the entire city go residential.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

Oh, come on now; I can't give you an estimate.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

I think we have a great chance.
ADRIANA MARTINEZ

There is always a pressing need for blood at all of the local hospitals.
ALEX MARTINEZ

I wanted to go to a Christian school because I want to be a preacher. I'll be able to do what I want...
ALEX MARTINEZ

I know what's going on and it isn't right. I've always been told to stand up for what you believe in...
ALEX MARTINEZ

It was where the first NAACP meetings were held.
ALEX MARTINEZ

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority fo...
MEL MARTINEZ

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic sco...
CLIFF MARTINEZ

I wanted to deliver babies and become a midwife. I think childbirth is one of the most amazing thing...
NATALIE MARTINEZ

My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

As the first Hispanic female governor in history, little girls often come up to me in the grocery st...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

We haven't gotten the full impact ? maybe when the body comes.
BEN MARTINEZ

We're beside ourselves ? all of us are stunned. We can't comprehend what happened. It won't sink in.
BEN MARTINEZ

They went to look for work. It's not easy to find a good job around here.
BEN MARTINEZ

It surprised me to see them leave to do migrant work, knowing that we did all that, trying to get aw...
BEN MARTINEZ

I also depart from this portion of my life with a great sense of pride having played an integral par...
BEN MARTINEZ

I thought a plane had crashed into the place. It was a real loud bang, like an explosion.
BEN MARTINEZ

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursu...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

He played better the entire game, but it's not bad to lose because you learn a lot.
ANDRES MARTINEZ

That is her angel. She always seems to make the goals with the tough angles.
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I just think about performing. Whatever I do in practice, I just do it on the court and just let it ...
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I thought, 'I can play with all those guys,' and my confidence just went up. I guess that was pretty...
ANDRES MARTINEZ

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doing to...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all.
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Every weekend we've been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I've been tr...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Even though I didn't think I really wanted to do the album, I took the meetings just to meet these p...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Back then, Lisa Lisa was somebody that I liked. She was Puerto Rican, and I related to her somewhat....
ANGIE MARTINEZ

After you date a player or two it's nice to just chill with a guy that can keep it basic.
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Sometimes young families come out here alone and the parents die, leaving the children.
ANGIE MARTINEZ

The fact that they're taking this service away is disheartening.
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other asp...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

Christopher throws dandelion head after dandelion head into his bag. It's getting heavy now and his ...
BRIAN MARTINEZ

They're very hard practices. We prepare very well for every game. We feel like we do a great job for...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

The borders are obstacles in applying the law,
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

They act like we aren't trying. This was a place to sleep and somewhere for us to keep warm.
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

I saw blood drops on Ronald's coat ... there were red dots everywhere,
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

I saw blood drops on Ronald's coat ... there were red dots everywhere. Loudly I asked, 'What happene...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

Our focus needs to be on freeing dissidents and continuing to support the opposition movement within...
MEL MARTINEZ

The greatest part of this job is to show these younger kids their heritage. Heritage gets lost with ...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

We decided to make some investment in voter contact early on that will pay off through the campaign.
ALBERT MARTINEZ

We had an extremely strong quarter, as you'll see when the figures come out Monday, and we didn't ha...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

Charlie Crist is once again taking multiple and contradictory positions on an issue important to Rep...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

It wasn't the best use of his money, so he decided to return it to more traditional investments.
ALBERT MARTINEZ

The treasurer will follow the law as it is written, as he has always done.
ALBERT MARTINEZ

Early polls bounce all over the place. We just don't put a whole lot of stock in polls.
ALBERT MARTINEZ

It was on the agenda, but a board member cannot make a motion without the recommendation of the supe...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

If you examine anyone's contributions, you find they receive contributions from the people they know...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

We've never focused on what our opponent does or doesn't do. We're happy about the money we're raisi...
ALBERT MARTINEZ

The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all cri...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

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

Every judge should have real-time access to the criminal background and history of defendants who ap...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a f...
MEL MARTINEZ

The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small busines...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

We need a new Latin American policy that is bold - different. We need to focus on building civil soc...
MEL MARTINEZ

Experience has taught me that privacy truly is the touchstone of our criminal justice system.
SUSANA MARTINEZ

These things happen. I mentioned before [the tournament] that there were seven or eight teams capabl...
BUCK MARTINEZ

Clearly, there is quality baseball being played all over the world. The caliber of pitching we faced...
BUCK MARTINEZ

I've never been so nervous watching a game that I wasn't playing in. My wife ... couldn't watch.
BUCK MARTINEZ

He pitched a heck of a game.
BUCK MARTINEZ

After losing to Canada, we're just thrilled we have the opportunity to advance.
BUCK MARTINEZ

A lot of our hitters, throughout this tournament, came back to the dugout shaking their heads.
BUCK MARTINEZ

He certainly looks like a guy that would be a very interesting pitcher in anybody's bullpen.
BUCK MARTINEZ

Obviously, they got a wake-up call.
BUCK MARTINEZ

It's a pretty good situation, but we need to have a little cooperation from the pool. That's our fat...
BUCK MARTINEZ

He was very excited. Anybody that can have his bat in the lineup (benefits). He's a game-changer and...
BUCK MARTINEZ

This information is extremely troubling and reeks of favoritism.
BOB MARTINEZ

Many FOP members are unaware of the devastating impact that impaired credit can have on their financ...
BOB MARTINEZ

I think they're just picking on Rachael because they don't want people to know they don't have an ag...
BOB MARTINEZ

In this particular incidence involving a motorcycle with a sidecar, we believe he was operating unde...
BOB MARTINEZ

Clearly we're not standing still.
BOB MARTINEZ

I believe strongly in it, because it keeps the individual involved in the political process.
BOB MARTINEZ

But we told Mike we're not going to back off on what we see as our legitimate role as a party.
BOB MARTINEZ

This case could affect many people's voting rights. It's urgent, from that perspective, that a decis...
BOB MARTINEZ

Success is the American Dream. And that success is not something to be ashamed of, or to demonize.
SUSANA MARTINEZ

My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dream...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an off...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

I'm not too worried, but I want to be sure. I don't want to go on and (possibly) spoil my season.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

The umpire didn't give me a pitch, the slider. Delgado hit a good pitch.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

Even if we could finish the final [right then], some people couldn't because they were so shaken up.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

Of this total, 100% learned the numbers, to write their names, and to read. 88% learned to read with...
CARLOS MARTINEZ

They have been through good and bad, like any marriage, but their love for each other has kept them ...
CARLOS MARTINEZ

With other people there, it's easy to hit the notes.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

You really work hard that day.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

This is how I passed my time was reading his book.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

I said I want to wear a hat. Maybe I'll put it on.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

He was either on an upper or alcohol poisoning or something.
CARLOS MARTINEZ

I had a lot of respect for Biggie, and it was just a weird, kinda difficult thing. When I'm doin...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

From what I understand, yesterday, the student got enraged at another student who used a racial slur...
YVONNE MARTINEZ

Hate is such a strong word, but love is an even stronger one.
GISSELLE MARTINEZ

We cannot be overconfident, despite this triumph,
PEDRO MARTINEZ

When you're an immigrant, you just want a paycheck.
MARIA MARTINEZ

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.
CLIFF MARTINEZ

This figure is possible. (Saturday's quake) seems to be at least of the same intensity, and that is ...
JUAN MARTINEZ

As far as the criminal investigation and how it was resolved, the matter was handled in an appropria...
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

We have to remember that no matter how much hardship we go through in our life, there is always goin...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

I was real timid last year, but this year I was asked to step, and that's what I know I have to do.
ISIAH MARTINEZ

Gangs have evolved. The stereotypical gang member covered in tattoos and wearing colors does not rea...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

He obviously was the best candidate out of all the applicants, but I don't think you negate that fac...
MIKE MARTINEZ

I live in Topanga Canyon, which is like a faux-rustic enclave in Los Angeles. I love the sounds of a...
CLIFF MARTINEZ

I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to A...
OLIVIER MARTINEZ

They said they didn't see the handgun. When Jacobs came in, it was dark and they went to the back be...
YVONNE MARTINEZ

Things got very tense at the end. It was exciting. It was a great atmosphere and our guys were into ...
BUCK MARTINEZ

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibil...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

We've always been proud of him, but more now. He's shown us that not being able to hear or talk isn'...
ALFREDO MARTINEZ

It's something that gives us an example. These people earn and they strengthen themselves.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ

I will always vote on the side of freedom and our right to keep and bear arms.
MEL MARTINEZ

I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are import...
MEL MARTINEZ

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 1...
MEL MARTINEZ

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.
SUSANA MARTINEZ

Our laws are too lax, our justice system too weak - particularly when it comes to violent, dangerous...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

My heart goes out to his family, it's just terrible.
ALICIA 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

They've gotten away from the fundamentals. I threw long toss every other day and I consistently work...
DAVE MARTINEZ

It was a very quiet locker room. Everybody feels like we got kicked in the stomach.
BUCK MARTINEZ

It's a very quiet clubhouse. Guys feel like they got kicked in the stomach.
BUCK MARTINEZ

This seepage that comes into the building here varies with the tide and also the saturation of rains...
DANIEL MARTINEZ

The trick is to balance core traditional values with economic tribal development.
DENNIS MARTINEZ

I might like somebody, and have to go interview somebody that hates them, but I still have to be fai...
ANGIE MARTINEZ

They were incoherent and out of it. They didn't know where they were.
YVONNE MARTINEZ

Don't go too fast on the freeway 'cause every five miles you go over 60 miles per hour uses up, like...
DAVID MARTINEZ

Rocket looked at me and looked fatigued. He says, 'What do you got out there?' That was a sign that ...
BUCK MARTINEZ

Set forth no limits, keep in mind that your potential is boundless.
SAL MARTINEZ

Unfortunately, New Mexico depends significantly on federal dollars. We have four military bases here...
SUSANA MARTINEZ

I guess what I've learned is that there are no boundaries when it comes to imagination. It's...
CLIFF MARTINEZ

I think the 500 is easier for me because it?s less of a sprint. I knew the 500 was my last chance (t...
ANYA MARTINEZ

I want to keep bettering my times. All you can do is keep racing yourself.
ANYA MARTINEZ

The record company isn't really even looking for Christian songs. They're just looking for talent. T...
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

There's a lot of talent that goes undiscovered in this valley. We need to give these kids a positive...
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

Even when he was in Iraq fighting a war, he was always smiling,
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

This is really the greatest blow I have had in my life,
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

To lose a son, it is the most difficult thing.
ANTHONY MARTINEZ

I kind of got worried as to what he grabbed. I was getting a strange feeling from all that and I was...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

We need to stop making mistakes. We can't keep giving up points, especially to a team like this.
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

We are just not finishing. I don't know exactly what to say; we are just not in tune with the last p...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

It's very frustrating especially because we work really hard during the week,
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

Columbus played a great game. Even though it was a boring game, it was good for them because they sa...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

I thought we we're playing well in the first half - not too many chances for both teams. Maybe we ha...
ANTONIO MARTINEZ

We continue to benefit from the strength of our retail and credit businesses, which both contributed...
ARTHUR MARTINEZ

We sounded our horns one after the other. They screamed; some of them jumped up. They were real scared and angry for a minute, then they all started laughing and came over to meet us.

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We sounded our horns one after the other. They screamed; some of them jumped up. They were real scared and angry for a minute, then they all started laughing and came over to meet us.

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