Sandra Cisneros Quotes

One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

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• A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Up
  • Never
  • Child

• England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Power
  • America
  • True

• I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.

  

  Gary Burton
  • Music
  • Something
  • More

• Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'

  

  E. L. James
  • Friends
  • Television
  • Finish

• Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.

  

  Harrison Ford
  • Think
  • Sometimes
  • Grumpy

• Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.

  

  Ian Hart
  • Work
  • Me
  • Unhappy

• The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.

  

  Kara Walker
  • World
  • Real
  • Space

• Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • World
  • You
  • Nothing

• It might sound odd, but filming a soap is closer to acting in a play than filming episodic television.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • Play
  • Acting
  • Television

• When the Hollywood thing happened, I thought at some point I'd get to the front of the queue: 'Yes, hello, I'd like to play that role.' But you don't. You just join a different queue.

  

  Olivia Williams
  • Different
  • Play
  • Thought

• Guarded with ships, and all our sea our own.

  

  Edmund Waller
  • Sea

• Thou art I, I am Thou,Knowing, Knower, Known, as One!

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Art

• If I die, then I die. And if I don’t, then I don’t. Right now I feel good. I am aware that in some of my recent photos I look somewhat unhealthy, but that’s what illness can do. I’m not going to worry about that, I’ll rest when I’m dead.

  

  Morrissey The Smiths
  • Good
  • Die
  • Rest

• That's the unpredictable part, and that's what worries every coach: Protect the football. That's why, when you go into a ballgame, you may be favored, but there's no guarantee you're going to win it.

  

  Ara Parseghian
  • Why
  • May
  • Football

• You really get your sense of women, to begin with, from your mom.

  

  Albert Hammond, Jr.
  • Women
  • Mom

• It's very difficult to have any kind of romantic feelings for a movie where you know exactly what's going to happen in the first five minutes.

  

  Joe Swanberg
  • Movie
  • Romantic

• The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.'

  

  Bill Hader
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.

  

  Billy Crudup
  • Good
  • Work
  • Great

• I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night.

  

  Marguerite Young
  • Night
  • Sleep

• I have a dog. He cuddles with me all night, so I don't really need a boyfriend.

  

  Sara Sampaio
  • Night
  • Dog
  • Need

• The only person I do worry about, that I want to be a good person for, I think is my responsibility, is my sister. I'm going to be cool for you, okay. I like, I need to, I like being by myself right now. I think it's good for me.

  

  Britney Spears
  • Good
  • Responsibility
  • Cool

• Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.

  

  Paulo Coelho
  • Light

• To be honest with you, there's nothing that bores me more than sitting around with a bunch of actors talking shop. I love actors and I've got friends that are actors. They're interesting people. But for some reason, usually when it comes round to talking shop, there's a part of me that doesn't like it.

  

  Matt Dillon
  • People
  • Friends
  • Interesting

• One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
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