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Edward James Olmos

Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles as William Adama in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049, narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit, and the voice of Chicharrón in Coco. In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Stand and Deliver.

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It’s in the darkest moments when the cracks allow the inner light to come out.

Allow, Come, Cracks, Inner Light, Light

Education is a vaccine for violence.

Education, Reading, School, Vaccine, Violence

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

Century, Clear, Looks, Violent

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.

21St, Century, Europe, Hemisphere, Long, Western

Education is a vacine for violence

Education, Vacine, Violence

Everybody has their own way of remembering and every culture has their traditions. When you compare the similarities and differences to other cultures, you start to learn about them and appreciate them. Whether it's the Japanese or the Africans, they all have ways of conjuring spirits and the support of those who have gone before them.

Africans, Appreciate, Conjuring, Culture, Support

Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.

Beginning, Ends, Journey, Round, Rounds

The older you get the more you understand what you're doing

Older, Understand

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

Concern, Planets, Probably, Right, Right Now

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

Discipline, Love, Things, Things I Love, Want

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

Roots, Show, Strong, Want

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet

Indigenous, People, Planets, Support

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

Bosnia, Important, Inability, Like, Situations

What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.

Approach, Caring, Government, Helping Others, Human, Volunteers

If it’s change you need, relish the journey.

Change, Journey, Needs, Relish

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub

Able, Asked, Cub, Cubs, Piper, Pipers

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

Intellectual, New York, People, Reach, York

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

Discipline, Things, Want

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

Base, Color, Gdp, People, Western

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

Basically, Character, Real, Think, Thinking

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