Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes
I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use.
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There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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Music has that ability to be a magical thing, and I was like, maybe music is the vehicle that transports us to that other world.
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'Villain' is such a harsh word.
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Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature.
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I'm always trying to push for women's rights.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.
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Each for himself is still the ruleWe learn it when we go to school-The devil take the hindmost, O!
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I try not to repeat myself too often, but it's a gamble. 'Fred Claus' had three Oscar winners in it. No business - it was a bad movie.
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But I'd rather not predict. I'd rather affect.
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I don't want to be a part of something I don't want to watch.
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I had been thinking about social awkwardness and about people you meet who are not bad people - there is nothing wrong with them, but they are just a little bit awkward, and it makes you feel uncomfortable, and it makes you want to bring the encounter to an end. I thought, 'Is there a reason for that? What has contributed to their demeanour?'
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The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.
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Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
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Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.
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Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.
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I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.
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Writing a memoir isn't particularly interesting to me. I'm not like Ellen [DeGeneres], where I can write, 'Water bottles--they're crazy!' and it's funny.
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I won't talk or deal with a young writer unless I sense he has utterly given his life over to it. It's a waste of my time. If they don't feel 'called' - why in God's name would you do this?
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I'm a political poet - let us say a 'human' poet, a poet that's concerned with the plight of people who suffer. If words can be of assistance, then that's what I'm going to use.
