Laura Esquivel Quotes
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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I used to think I needed a man to define myself. Not any more.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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Until part of your paycheck is regularly paid in Bitcoin, I'm not sure how it would really go mainstream. I can imagine places in the world where there are not functioning banking systems or payroll systems, where it could go mainstream first because you're not trying to replace the way people are already doing something.
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What's become a big theme in my music is my dad as a narrative character. I never had the opportunity to understand our relationship in a more adult capacity. The unknown is great material for any creative outlet.
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It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going - I have no post-satisfaction.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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We would not have invaded a country that did not attack us. We would not have taken money from the working families and given it to the most wealthy families. We would not be trying to control and intimidate the news media. We would not be routinely torturing people.
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Plan Colombia was supposed to reduce Colombia's cultivation and distribution of drugs by 50 percent, but 6 years and $4.7 billion later, the drug control results are meager at best.
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I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.
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To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
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iMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999.
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To transform yourself is to transform your destiny.
