Sandra Cisneros Quotes

My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flowers, or bridges.

Sandra Cisneros

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• 'Downton' is one of the best jobs in the world, and I'm looking forward to the next series for Maggie Smith's wicked sense of humour.

  

  Samantha Bond
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• There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Life
  • World
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• What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

  

  T. S. Eliot
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• I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.

  

  Wendy Davis
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• The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

  

  Harold Wilson
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• The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
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• My favorite animal is steak.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
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• I probably spend the most time with Toews: we have the same schedule, and we're roomies on the road; we sit next to each other. We do a lot of promotions together.

  

  Patrick Kane
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• I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.

  

  Becky Lynch
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• Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Life
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• My goal from being a child was to have a happy home life.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Life
  • Home
  • Happy

• Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

  

  Jack Kingston
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• I haven't done the profoundly impactful work many TED speakers have.

  

  Cameron Russell
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  • Done
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• 'All my life,' I said, 'knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.'

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Life
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• Unfortunately, the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. When reporters keep asking the same questions, they've got to recognize I may hear these questions 20 to 30 times in a matter of days. It gets to the point where I think, 'Read the other interviews!'

  

  Anderson Silva
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• Every so often, you have to do a show that makes you walk to your car with your head down, wondering what you're doing with your life. It's good for you, as long as you're not feeling that way every night.

  

  Lauren Lapkus
  • Life
  • Good
  • Long

• When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.

  

  Marilu Henner
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• The lapse of ages changes all things - time, language, the earth, the bounds of the sea, the stars of the sky, and every thing about, around, and underneath man, except man himself.

  

  Lord Byron
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• These days I am a teetotal, mean-spirited, right-wing, narrow-minded, conservative Christian bigot, but not a racist.

  

  Jane Russell
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  • Racist
  • Bigot

• You never know the biggest day of your life is your biggest day, not until it’s happening. You don’t recognize the biggest day of your life, not until you’re right in the middle of it. The day you commit to something or someone. The day you get your heart broken. The day you meet your soul mate. The day you realize there’s not enough time because you wanna live forever. Those are the biggest days. The perfect days.

  

  Shonda Rhimes
  • Heart
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• Joy is a quiet gladness of heart as one contemplates the goodness of God's saving grace in Christ Jesus.

  

  John Calvin
  • Heart
  • Joy
  • Goodness

• My weapon has always been language, and I've always used it, but it has changed. Instead of shaping the words like knives now, I think they're flowers, or bridges.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Thinking
  • Language
  • Flower