Laura Esquivel Quotes
I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico. She had a chapel in the home, right between the kitchen and dining room.
Quotes to Explore
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young.
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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
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I like silence.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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Our fates are linked, and we cannot ignore those who are yearning not only for freedom but also prosperity.
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I grew up in a modern home, but my grandmother lived across the street in an old house that was built when churches were illegal in Mexico. She had a chapel in the home, right between the kitchen and dining room.
