Laura Esquivel Quotes
It wasn't books that inspired me to write. For me, inspiration was simple, immediate: I got it from eating, dancing, talking. I got it from life lived, things touched, from sensuality, from love of life, from our irrefutable connection to the earth.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I will always do what I can to help others, but when I retire, I want to be a dad and a husband. I want a house and a dog in the yard. I want to have barbecues.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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We are a motivated team, and there is nothing that can stop us from winning the title. Even if I had lost, my teammates would have made up for it.
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In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
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Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.
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The American people and the Israeli peoples share a faith in the future and believe that democracies can shape their own destinies and that opportunities should be available to all. Throughout its own extraordinary history, Israel has given life to that promise.
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I can't believe that OMON [Russia's riot police] would hit a girl. I simply can't imagine it.
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It wasn't books that inspired me to write. For me, inspiration was simple, immediate: I got it from eating, dancing, talking. I got it from life lived, things touched, from sensuality, from love of life, from our irrefutable connection to the earth.
