Sandra Cisneros Quotes
Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft.

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I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
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I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.
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I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
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I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher.
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I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.
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I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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One thing my wife says is bad about me, is that I still care too much.
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Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
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Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.
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When I was 13, I looked like I could play 16, and I wasn't mature enough to play 16.
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Twitter's a great way to tell people across the world what I care about and, hopefully, motivate them to join me in furthering my causes.
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I can't please everybody and I don't try to. If I can please myself that's enough. For the rest, I just hope for the best.
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I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.
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We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread a text, you teach yourself something about craft.