Sandra Cisneros Quotes
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Unless and until you inspire the people, you will not get results. Imposition will never give you the results. Inspiration will always give you the results.
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Contrary to popular belief, I'm not always trying to stand out.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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We fought like heck for every player and every advantage, but we knew we were part of something bigger than ourselves. To me, that is what baseball is all about. I hope it is always what baseball is all about.
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I wish I got invited to more luaus. I really do!
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I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things.
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Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
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It is hard for anyone who discovers George Washington not to write about him, perhaps because he is so hard to discover and such a surprise when you do.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.
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I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.
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How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.
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Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.
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For a long time I wasn't happy, but that had nothing to do with Beyonce. That had to do with me trying to get my life in order and make better decisions for myself. I'm seeing all these wonderful things happen for her, and I am happy for her. But I want a path. I want things to pop off for me, too.
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If you're going to write about the river, you've got to get in.
