A Quote by Charles Oliveira
I come from the favelas, I'm grounded.
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Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.
In Rio, 1.4 million of the 6.3 million people live in favelas, or slums. They are all over the city, but favelas are not always a problem - sometimes they can be a solution, if you have the right public policies.
There is always going to something very grounded about the characters I play, because of my Chicago roots, because the city is so grounded. Even my wife pointed it out when we were in the city, she said that even the architecture is grounded in Chicago, it's so solid. Because it has to deal with winters. There is something about Chicago that keeps people centered and grounded.
I like to think I'm very grounded. I'm very grounded in my family. I'm very grounded in my community.
Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.
here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.
I come from a poor background, I've seen struggle. Money will come and go, but I will continue to be grounded.
But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means.
The spiritual life is indeed a life of struggle; but it is also a life of well grounded hope. Hope is grounded in freedom, and freedom is grounded in all the high purposes and powers of spirit, human and divine. The last word of spirit is Victory.
My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.
I want all of my films to be grounded in reality, and I think 'Midnight Special' is the most grounded film I've ever made, in spite of its genre.
Neither tolerance nor intolerance is grounded in science and reason, but they are themselves acts of faith grounded in social custom and the politics of expediency and power.
I'm grounded in joy; I'm not grounded in the trauma anymore.
I've come from a grounded family and had a good upbringing.
People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined.
Working hard and appreciating the accomplishments that have come from that keeps me grounded.
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