Achy Obejas Quotes
I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself.
Quotes to Explore
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I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Human technology has made it to Mars. We are transmitting gorgeous pictures from it. Yet we have not explored our own planet. Two-thirds of it is covered with oceans that are still mysterious places.
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking.
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Whether it's threats to Medicare, cuts in education spending, or Internet privacy, the ramifications got young people out to vote and should be enough to keep them involved in our political system.
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I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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It's important to see color. We are not the same. We have very different experiences.
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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
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I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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I'm a real optimist.
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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.
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Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
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I feel possessive about stories I write in Spanish and so I usually end up translating those into English myself.
