Daniel Alarcon Quotes
I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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There's a puppy store near where I live. They know me by name in there because I go so often.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.
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We need people to be able to come down here and start really enjoying football games at Arnett Gardens.
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Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.
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It's really hard to write about art in general. But it's exceptionally hard to fictionalize art and make work that isn't a parody, or is something that could withstand critique and exist in the art world as a valuable object, or a true piece.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
