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American - Actor Born: February 24, 1947

Education is the vaccine for violence.

Edward James Olmos

Education Violence Vaccine

Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.

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Important Like Get Relate

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

Edward James Olmos

People Support Indigenous People

I believe that Gandhi was correct. Non-violent civil disobedience is the only way to bring about change that allows people to enjoy the change and not get killed in the process.

Edward James Olmos

Change People Believe Enjoy

Success is a matter of one's own feeling about oneself.

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Success Feeling Matter Own

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.

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Life Truth Character You

I don't support violence, period.

Edward James Olmos

Support Violence Period

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

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Education Teach Key Kind

I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.

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Think Office More I Think

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.

Edward James Olmos

Money You Sometimes Want

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Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.

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Now Right Planet Concern

A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint.

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Simple Person Try Being

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

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Love Myself Discipline Want

I want to show how strong I am from my roots.

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I Am Strong Roots Want

Education is a vacine for violence.

Edward James Olmos

Education Violence

You get more churches burned down in the United States in the last two years than in the last hundred, because of the lack of understanding of culture and diversity and the beauty of it.

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Beauty You Culture Diversity

Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does.

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People New Reach New York

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

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Way Understand Know American

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.

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Looks Pretty Going 21st Century

Right now, the Anglo people are desperately trying to hold on to the United States, like they tried to hold on to Africa.

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People Africa Trying Like

And, granted, for a long time, the European has been dominant in certain parts of this Western Hemisphere, but by the end of the 21st century, it's over.

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Time Long Long Time End

Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.

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Power People Color Will

You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.

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You Princess Know Herself

There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems.

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Environmental You Problems Someone

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

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Myself Discipline Want Things

We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.

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Today Prejudice More Educated

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