Esai Morales Quotes
We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.

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I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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A chicken grows up in a little less time than an ostrich. An ostrich takes a whole year. A chicken takes a few months.
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I have to live up to the love I am receiving.
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As important as the presidency is, that's not the only thing to take a look at in determining the racial health of the United States.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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While waiting for a Moses to lead us into the promised land, we have forgotten how to walk.
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I like dirty boys. Mechanics, construction workers, artists who get paint and clay everywhere. They gotta have rough hands.
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Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance.
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I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.
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I definitely have a lot of ambition.
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The time for me in the Peace Corps was easily the most formative experience I've had in my life.
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I'm incredibly anal about everything that I do.
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I don't have a problem with enthusiasm.
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Politics is an instrument that can transform society.
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I don't think that necessarily I was encouraged by the nuns and the priest to consider alternate possibilities to the universe.
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In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.
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There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
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And when these advances are made, hydrogen can fill critical energy needs beyond transportation. Hydrogen can also be used to heat and generate electricity for our homes. The future possibilities of this energy source are enormous.
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We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.