Elizabeth Pena quote: "When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'"

I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it'...
ELIZABETH PENA

When I'm not working, my family and I have a house in the San Juan Islands. We've been here ...
ELIZABETH PENA

I love acting. When I'm acting I feel like I'm on vacation. I'm just having a wonderful ...
ELIZABETH PENA

I figured, if I failed, I'd tried something that I hadn't tried before and if one movie was ...
ELIZABETH PENA

It's a clique and I think a clique exists in every business. There's a circle of people that...
ELIZABETH PENA

The work is getting the work.
ELIZABETH PENA

I came to L.A. when I was 19, and my two roommates were blue-eyed, blond dudes. I helped coach them,...
MICHAEL PENA

'Tower Heist?' That is a movie that it's hard not to name-drop, but, it's a crew of ...
MICHAEL PENA

My brother and my father both got laid off around the same that I was starting to do this movie '...
MICHAEL PENA

It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me.
MICHAEL PENA

I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't ...
MICHAEL PENA

I feel lucky. I feel blessed. If you get blessed with some ability, I think you have to work hard at...
MICHAEL PENA

We hit a lot of line drives at people (during the first game); we just hit into a lot of bad luck. B...
BRENDA PENA

The last couple of years, we've had such good talent in this area. We can't get them all. Over half ...
BRENDA PENA

It's different people at different time for us. Everybody steps up for us. It truly was a team effor...
BRENDA PENA

We've lost a lot of one-run games, and we might be starting to figure out how to win some of these c...
BRENDA PENA

You do those two things (and) you're gonna be very successful. She's been real consistent for us thi...
BRENDA PENA

I was a quiet kid - I didn't think I needed to be the funniest guy. I was always more of a liste...
MICHAEL PENA

The past is the past, but it doesn't stop me from having such good memories. Last year was such a wo...
CARLOS PENA

Playing something like that is always a sense of achievement ... It's nice there's a station that's ...
CARLOS PENA

All I want to do is just go out there and play hard. If I do that, good things will happen. It's as ...
CARLOS PENA

Grasshopper?
CARLOS PENA

As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say...
CARLOS PENA

I'm not thinking about that. Whatever happens, happens. I'm enjoying my teammates and enjoying my te...
CARLOS PENA

(Bachelet) wasn't perfect ... her smile was reserved, she was firm on one or two basic points. Nothi...
CARLOS PENA

That was the most fun I've ever had in baseball. It was like, I can't wait to play baseball today. T...
CARLOS PENA

It's funny. You just go out there and try to make good contact. It definitely felt good,
CARLOS PENA

I'm the same guy. I'm trying make sure I focus on what I'm supposed to be focusing on which is playi...
CARLOS PENA

Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what...
MICHAEL PENA

Some people over victimize themselves too much.
SIMON PENA

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your goo...
MICHAEL PENA

I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me.
MICHAEL PENA

Sexual relations are going on constantly. If you carry a condom, chances are you'll use it during th...
WILLIAM PENA

It would not surprise me, ... just given how much President Bush defers to Rumsfeld on every issue. ...
CHARLES PENA

This is something that you never imagine. This is a Wal-Mart located in the north sector of town, ni...
MIKE PENA

The Iraq war is the driving force behind the Army's recruiting problem. Working in the civilian econ...
CHARLES PENA

'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed t...
MICHAEL PENA

My life is a confusing paradox.
SIMON PENA

There is no longer a figurehead ruling with a fist of iron; Martin is an unknown. If results don't i...
EDUARDO PENA

100 years from now they are going to look back and say: " God those people were stupid!" 2013.
SIMON PENA

Space isn't infinte, it's just umeasured!
SIMON PENA

Being smart is a gift and a curse.
SIMON PENA

When you are a smart minority you suffer more.
SIMON PENA

There is no such thing as infinity. Space hasn't been measured yet!
SIMON PENA

If life throws you a fastball, be ready to swing at it!
SIMON PENA

We don't know why he did this. This was barbaric.
MIKE PENA

It was great, ... Three other interns and I came in, and they said 'OK, you're going to make our Web...
ENRIQUE PENA

All he ever wanted to do is be a cop it's one thing to read that on the page, but another thing to h...
MICHAEL PENA

Everything happens for a reason, I trust that it will be for the better. Sometimes life works out in...
CARLOS PENA

astonishingly uninspiring Buddy Bell.
TONY PENA

We need to tell the public that they need to be careful. Check the candy wrapper -- even if it looks...
JAVIER PENA

I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in ...
MICHAEL PENA

There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised lik...
MICHAEL PENA

The requirements are pretty onerous.
CHARLES PENA

The only time that I really go on Twitter is to promote, because what sucks is there's some weir...
MICHAEL PENA

Martin needs to do something fast. A lot of members want elections.
EDUARDO PENA

It was great, ... Three other interns and I came

in, and they said 'OK, you're going to ma...
ENRIQUE PENA

Three weeks later I get a phone call that OpNet is starting

training, ... I had like one d...
ENRIQUE PENA

If it weren't for OpNet, ... I would not be here.
ENRIQUE PENA

Once you tell the bad guys that you have a created a program in which people can get around security...
CHARLES PENA

The political atmosphere is charged. Democrats can't afford to be seen as soft on defense or terrori...
CHARLES PENA

Stop-loss masks the recruiting problem. We are talking about thousands -- if not tens of thousands -...
CHARLES PENA

While it may not be fair to say they don't deserve to make what they are making, it is correct to qu...
CHARLES PENA

As a company's fortunes fare, so do the CEOs and other top managers, and that is the way it should w...
CHARLES PENA

I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see...
MICHAEL PENA

It feels good, pouring your heart out over something, and then all of a sudden people are getting in...
MICHAEL PENA

Play the role as a human being... human beings are three-dimensional.
MICHAEL PENA

When I watch movies with my kid like 'Shrek,' I'm like, 'Wow, this is pretty funny.&...
MICHAEL PENA

When I was a kid, I lived in a poor part of Chicago, and I remember my brother and me using towels a...
MICHAEL PENA

They say you don't invite the wolf into the hen house. But Joe isn't afraid of the wolf or anything ...
TONY PENA

They're somewhat scared and kind of shy because it's new to them.
HECTOR PENA

[These] marijuana-laced candy bars and sodas look very much like the store-bought candy that we see ...
JAVIER PENA

At four locations, we got indoor marijuana growth, and most importantly we found this marijuana cand...
JAVIER PENA

(The government) should work on some method to allow immigrants, no matter what their race, to work ...
JOSE PENA

Energy costs for production and irrigation have increased immensely, ... And if we could get some ra...
JOSE PENA

Energy costs have increased immensely, ... And if we could get some rain, it would really reduce (th...
JOSE PENA

But in May, we (received) almost nothing and not a drop in September either,
JOSE PENA

We are expecting more hot weather, but even if it starts raining right now, it would take a long tim...
JOSE PENA

This has not been a very friendly year for sorghum. We've had a very dry spring, summer and early fa...
JOSE PENA

I was struck by all of the victims and the massive destruction.
JOSE PENA

Nothing has been found that would make us move toward a specific area -- that's why we are having to...
RICHARD PENA

I was really impressed when I met Will the police motto, 'protect and serve', really means something...
MICHAEL PENA

I had one drama teacher who was amazing, Ms. Perkins. She really tried to inspire me and get me goin...
CARLOS PENA, JR.

I hate meeting my favorite bands because then it just ruins it.
CARLOS PENA, JR.

I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
CARLOS PENA, JR.

Well, c'mon, everyone is a Facebook addict!
CARLOS PENA, JR.

Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn'...
CARLOS PENA, JR.

Here's the thing, back in the day, a lot of guys would make fun of me, that I would sing and dan...
CARLOS PENA, JR.

I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss.
CARLOS PENA, JR.

I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fis...
CARLOS PENA, JR.

I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.
CARLOS PENA, JR.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.
CARLOS PENA ROMULO

Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.
CARLOS PENA ROMULO

Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil r...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

You can't consider a president weak because he will have a Congress that Mexican voters have wan...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

We have been using foreign affairs ministries to address security issues, but this practice is outda...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico is a mosaic of different realities and beauties.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Acting aggressively will allow our youth to aspire for better-paid jobs and find alternatives to cri...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

In a democratic society, we politicians have to accept criticism, especially when it is founded.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democrac...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Ah, 'The Departed' is really good.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Education reform has as its main purpose to make sure that the education delivered is of quality.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I want to initiate a bilateral agenda that helps Mexico and the U.S. together compete with the world...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico is the second most important destination of U.S. exports. What does this mean? The U.S. sells...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential ...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I see myself as a family man.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for la...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

In terms of the espionage, this is something I have talked to President Obama about. We don't wa...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should ...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I be...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico cannot put up with this scenario of death and kidnapping.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I think it is fundamental to understand that the ethics of politics indicate that you should concent...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authoritie...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Together we are building a new Mexico.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

One single visit is not enough to be able to say that you know Mexico.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

There are a great number of Mexicans who live every day worried about the lack of employment and opp...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

By increasing productivity and becoming more competitive, we will be able to offer better opportunit...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Doesn't matter what other people do. The only competition you should beat is yourself. So strive to ...
SHEILA DELA PENA

I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the priv...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I plan to open Mexico's energy sector to national and foreign private investment.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential ...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the Unit...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

We should reconsider greater integration of North America to achieve a region that is more competiti...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I have a hard time recalling the titles of books.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico has shelters, which care for children trying to cross the border, who have no company with th...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

The United States is already Mexico's largest trading partner.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Behind every crime is a story of sadness.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government.
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

There is an opportunity to consolidate the North American region as a more competitive region, a mor...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

Mexico has acquired unique experience during its integration into global value chains, especially in...
ENRIQUE PENA NIETO

I'm ashamed to admit this, but I didn't read a novel all the way through until after high sc...
MATT DE LA PENA

A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and ...
MATT DE LA PENA

I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids that had ...
MATT DE LA PENA

We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-w...
ELIZABETH ESTY

The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
ELIZABETH GASKELL

When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't le...
ELIZABETH WARREN

I'm a puzzle doer.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS

A good night in is a series of documentaries.
ELIZABETH DEBICKI

Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers.
ELIZABETH ARDEN

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not ...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Marriage is a great institution.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men g...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

So much to do, so little done, such things to be.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

You find out who your real friends are when you're involved in a scandal.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

It's not the having, it's the getting.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tom...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!
ELIZABETH GASKELL

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.
ELIZABETH FRY

Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony.
ELIZABETH FISHEL

I typically enjoy a beautiful beach destination, as I find the water and sand to be the most repleni...
ELIZABETH BERKLEY

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of w...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our heart...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Education is not so important as people think.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Experience isn't interesting until it begins to repeat itself. In fact, till it does that, it ha...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to ...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

We are minor in everything but our passions.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part ...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pock...
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

Art is one thing that can go on mattering once it has stopped hurting.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.
ELIZABETH BOWEN

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to ...
ELIZABETH MERIWETHER

It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.
ELIZABETH KOSTOVA

The lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook are unparalleled natural treasures with some of the high...
ELIZABETH ESTY

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.
ELIZABETH DREW

Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation.
ELIZABETH DREW

My God, I have so much bounty in my life.
ELIZABETH MARVEL

We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, ...
ELIZABETH ESTY

I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

It's not the having, it's the getting.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR

I grew up in the Methodist church and taught Sunday school, and one of my favorite passages of scrip...
ELIZABETH WARREN

I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exa...
ELIZABETH STROUT

I feel like I don't understand time in novels, really. I bumble forward, is all.
ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN

Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.
ELIZABETH MOON

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.
ELIZABETH MOON

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You ca...
ELIZABETH EDWARDS

Some of these biggest financial institutions are out there trading in commodities. They're buyin...
ELIZABETH WARREN

The federal government secures the border; Californians decide how we want to treat our population. ...
ELIZABETH EMKEN

When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'

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When I got Jacob's Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasn't allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and I'd be, 'out of there.'

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