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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The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a gentle animal with other wolves.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing.
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I don't have very many little fetishes, but the one I do have is that I like a particular mug to drink out of. It's just a small china cup, and I get very upset if my husband moves it.
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I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.
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We as Americans of Latin descent are just as American as anyone else of any other descent.
