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Junot Diaz

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CAMERON DIAZ I don't care how smart a kid you are. The only way you learn what's not right is from experi...
CAMERON DIAZ When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
CAMERON DIAZ What's odd is that nobody in my family is an artist. My cousins are, like, secretaries at law fi...
MELONIE DIAZ Most men are the same. They're only interested in fucking you and they don't care whether you're hap...
CAMERON DIAZ I haven't deliberately set out to play the blonde bombshell in my movies. In fact, it's prob...
CAMERON DIAZ When I was in Boston, I was doing a lot of Americana stuff - I fell in love with Ray LaMontagne, Pat...
MADI DIAZ I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frog...
CAMERON DIAZ You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
CAMERON DIAZ My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won...
CAMERON DIAZ French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That an...
CAMERON DIAZ I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter ...
GUILLERMO DIAZ Whenever something is engineered as complex, it is designed to keep you simple.
RICHARD DIAZ I'm a loner. I like to be alone. I'm socially awkward.
GUILLERMO DIAZ It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying...
NATE DIAZ I can spend hours in a grocery store. I get so excited when I see food, I go crazy. I spend hours ar...
CAMERON DIAZ I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror,...
CAMERON DIAZ Sometimes I enjoy talking, but when it's like people are trying to find something out about me, I do...
CAMERON DIAZ Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.
CAMERON DIAZ If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's record...
CAMERON DIAZ After a hard days work, it's nice to go back to the trailer and see him [her cat] sitting there wait...
CAMERON DIAZ It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you ... That's how we make changes i...
CAMERON DIAZ In the story shoes are just a metaphor for what these girls go through, ... The grass is always gree...
CAMERON DIAZ I have to remind my dad, 'Journalists - no matter how many cigars they smoke with you - are not your...
CAMERON DIAZ I'd kiss a frog even if there was no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs.
CAMERON DIAZ I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.
CAMERON DIAZ The best way to find anything is to look with an opened mind.
RICHARD DIAZ The rules are tricky and you have to be careful so you don't have to start all over. You really have...
CARMEN DIAZ We're hoping to start a new tradition.
CARMEN DIAZ We're trying to keep the tradition alive. Many don't celebrate it anymore.
CARMEN DIAZ We've participated in so many festivals and activities in the community. It shows we're a growing co...
CARMEN DIAZ Look, I'm in the moment.
CARLOS DIAZ