Sandra Cisneros Quotes
If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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Most women find a man with good manners sexy.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.
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I'm very passionate.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.
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I taught workshops at universities. I wrote for magazines. This took time and insane amounts of juggling, but it's how I earned a living.
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I am a hopeless romantic who falls in lust and gets in trouble. I love my work and am very productive, yet I always find time to play.
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Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up the reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.
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But here’s the thing: Appropriation occurs when a style leads to racist generalizations or stereotypes where it originated, but is deemed as high fashion, cool, or funny when the privileged take it for themselves. Appropriation occurs when the appropriator is not aware of the deep significance of the culture that they are partaking in.
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I haven't done much press for many reasons, but mostly because it's not an interesting dialogue about work that's been done. It's turned into something else. It's become this ridiculous other thing.
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If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting.
