Sandra Cisneros Quotes
I can't go to Hindu countries where they respect rats and mice, and I can't go camping. I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them. Rats are like my naguales kindred animal spirits. They follow me.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time for us to remember that those who serve in civilian life also embody the American spirit and are worthy of our praise as well.
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That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
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It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
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It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.
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My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.
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Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be.
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Because for whatever reason, even though I want to stay home all the time and be left alone, I want to tell the world who I am now.
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We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit.
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It is the queen of architecture. Other buildings may be as famous, but no other is so consistently admired for a beauty that is seen as both feminine and regal. Many people feel that to class Taj Mahal as architecture is a mistake: it is both too personal and too magnificent.
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How could this great land of plenty produce too few people in the last 30 years?
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A weak invention of the enemy.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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I was on the central table and we were a very intimate group.
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What is so interesting about giving is not only that it pays, but that it pays in such unexpected ways. When you live with generosity, blessings come to you from corners and avenues you never would have expected.
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Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.
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For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.
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I can't go to Hindu countries where they respect rats and mice, and I can't go camping. I don't like to go into subways, because I always see them. Rats are like my naguales kindred animal spirits. They follow me.
