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 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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• SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it. The right time to practice is just at the moment you're about to forget.

  

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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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• I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.

  

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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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• Americans keep telling me they hate government. I always tell them: "Man, I've got a country for you: Go to Afghanistan; they don't have one." So if you're of that ilk, yes, you can have your private paradise, but if you're comfortable with government, then go with government.

  

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• You are living in a time when opportunities for self-empowerment, expanded awareness and spiritual growth appear to be unlimited.

  

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• Through the shake of an earthquake I will never fall. That’s how strong my love is.

  

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• Doing 'Law & Order' for so long, my fan base was, like, men and women my age, and then doing 'Daredevil', my whole audience has changed. It's cool.

  

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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.

  

  Ilan Stavans
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