Ilan Stavans Quotes
'Hispanic' is a reference to Hispania, the name by which Spain was known in the Roman period, and there has always been strong ambivalence toward Spain in its former colonies.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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I am being embezzled by a monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little.
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It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.
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This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.
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The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general.
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I've thought about doing it as soon as it is possible with this new CD getting some wings and getting out there. I don't know how soon that will be.
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I'm saddened to see that some have been misled into believing that Mr. Disney was something other than a kind, caring man.
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'My imaginary friends have become my imaginary children.' -Chris Colfer on his characters
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It's a lot of fun to fight.
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'Hispanic' is a reference to Hispania, the name by which Spain was known in the Roman period, and there has always been strong ambivalence toward Spain in its former colonies.
