J.A. Perez Quotes

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

In Cuba and specifically in Havana there's a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

The man of reflection discovers Truth; but the one who enjoys it and makes use of its heavenly gifts is the man of action.

If God had not made Sherry, how imperfect his work would have been.

I am a free man. I feel as light as a feather.

I develop my work in a time that, from my point of view, is much more #‎ romantic than the present day

The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children.

Nonviolence is absolute respect for each human being.

The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line.

I believe that if I should die, and you were to walk near my grave, from the very depths of the earth I would hear your footsteps.

Trips are part of humanity. Emigration is a part of humanity. And it's ever more dynamic due to globalization.

We cannot sow seeds with clenched fists. To sow we must open our hands.

I believe we're making a mistake if we regard job creation and job safety as mutually exclusive or inherently in conflict; they can and they must go hand-in-hand.

I don't think that the reality of Cuba is perfect, but it doesn't cleave to the negativity, either, with which some people see it.

More important is not how much you have but with whom you share it

Do you know what the Negro is? Animal right out of the jungle. Passion. Welfare. Easy life. That's the Negro.

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.

It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.

I would like to say that it is not important what you have, but how you enjoy it.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to you that I don't belong to English though I belong nowhere else

The beauty of balance is that I can do it all and not feel bad about my choices, because every moment is an opportunity to start all over again

Organ donation is very personal to me. My mother, before her death, was on kidney dialysis for several years.

Community colleges provide higher education where people live, helping to build strong ladders of opportunity that allow people to secure a foothold in the middle class.

Everybody who knows Formula 1 knows McLaren and knows that it is the greatest team in Formula 1.

God, send me an angel from the heavens above. Send me an angel to heal my broken heart from being in love, 'cause all I do is cry. God, send me an angel to wipe the tears from my eyes.

My Maman told me that only the crazy ones and the passionate ones accomplish anything in life.

When you don't have a seat at the table, you're on the menu, my friend Lee Saunders has said, and he is correct.

Cuban public is special - they participate, generate a lot of energy, both in a positive and negative sense. It's always an expressive audience.

In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.

If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window.

My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find my place, or to find once again that I have lost my place.

It's fun to challenge yourself and take advantage of all the opportunities that present themselves.

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

Every book I think will be my last one because after finishing I have the sense that I've said all I have to say, but I always seem to find a new way of repeating myself.

My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence, I've had to rely more on myself.

Feminism doesn't need re-branding. It names a problem and it is an uncomfortable truth for many

I think that this necessity to travel, to see, it's part of human nature.

The base of artistic pursuit is ambivalence and complexity. And that's what I try to do.

I was born in Cuba but was made in the USA.

Thhe essence of documentary filmmaking is how you manipulate the material to create an emotional impact, as opposed to just delivering information.

People believe mistakenly, that with death comes atonement, when in reality, life is for atonement and Death is for Judgment.

Our society and institutions are built to push men and women into different roles. We need to change that.

We cannot continue doing the same thing and expect different results

I started blogging as a hobby, not really thinking anyone would read my site, just my friends.