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Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.
Edward James Olmos
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We don't have as much prejudice as we did 40 years ago, but today it is more educated.
Edward James Olmos
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Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does.
Edward James Olmos
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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.
Edward James Olmos
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The older you get the more you understand what you're doing.
Edward James Olmos
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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.
Edward James Olmos
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Our inability to relate to one another is very, very, very important. When we don't have it, we get situations like Bosnia.
Edward James Olmos
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Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.
Edward James Olmos
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At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent.
Edward James Olmos
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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.
Edward James Olmos
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Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.
Edward James Olmos
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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
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