committed to this class or you don’t
belong here.” I remember I was doing this
one play. I started sweeping and he
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to do parts where I could use a lot of
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and you want to do them and they don’t
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had that kind of imagination to [foresee]
how I feel right now. I think at some point
in your life you settle for doing the right
thing and the best you can, instead of
thinking about what you want and what
you didn’t get... it
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in the dark room with all these strangers
and there is a window of light that opens
and takes you to so many parallel
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the name of your family, your father, your
grandfather. It has to do with so many
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in the same size, in the same colour, and
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roads not taken, it made me think about all
the roads that brought me back here in a
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the new.What’s your comment on that?
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make it legal, to
make it palpable,
that the abuse
of power and
the disrespect of
women, has strong
consequences. It
shows a maturity in
our society and in
the world, of taking
responsibility and sending the right
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to demand respect, and this is
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in Robert Rodriguez’s life and nobody talks
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as a family. I felt safe. You think nothing
can happen and then there’s someone
that’s kind of like you, that actuallyFOR WOMEN, IT
GIVES US STRENGTH
TO THINK OUR
VOICES ARE HEARD
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