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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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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I wasn't the best UI programmer, but I know to use the interface and that stuff. It's definitely given me a leg up in terms of being able to talk to the people in the games industry.
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.
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Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.
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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.
