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All Quotes Collection
"The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition."
38
"The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution."
41
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution."
213
"No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been."
45
"I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship."
39
"The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience."
53
"So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time."
48
"In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul."
Soul,
47
"Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies."
44
"I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like."
51
"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."
Soul,
59
"I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing."
53
"I've been lucky enough to have had the luxury of being able to make the picture I've wanted to make each time on my own terms and without compromise."
46
"Maybe when I stop making movies, I'll understand my work better."
50
"It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground."
54
"When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind."
39
"When money comes into play then that's all it's about wanting money, who's making the most who can get the most, me, me me... and in the end it screws up the person and the sport."
82
"Yes, across the board, these gentlemen understand they have the power to make a difference and even educate people to injustices that are occurring in their worlds."
170
"I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands."
53
"Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now because we don't have people who have the capability to not only train fighters but also train and create decent respectable citizens of the world."
56
"Actually punching is a mistake; a heavy hitter will cut you with one shot."
173
"Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave."
186
"I could do what a lot of people are doing and that's sign the best Nicaraguan fighters and then sell them to Don King, but there's no way I'll do that."
41
"I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you the strength to do the right thing and behave the right way and overcome the mind."
83
"I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked."
172
"I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal."
57
"I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out."
234
"When you won that title you should know now that you are representing a whole country or nation with your actions and you are now in a glass house or under a microscope and you better be ready to make your people proud."
65
"I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in there and also understand that for every punch that you or your opponent throws there's always a counter shot or two which you have to be ready to fire or defend."
54
"When you put the interest of a kid on money instead of heart then you're destroying the beauty of our lives and our thought process, which should be about how much responsibilities you carry as an athlete and a citizen."
170
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