Ilan Stavans Quotes
Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.Ilan Stavans
Quotes to Explore
-
Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
Victoria Pratt -
The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
Adam Draper -
We were talking about how old quarterbacks can't throw before 10 am... Practice starts too early for us. Wake me up in the middle of the night and I can throw. I can throw anytime.
Dan Marino -
My vision for the future always centers around our children - it always centers around our children. So anytime anybody asks me what are the three most important issues facing the Congress, I always say the same thing: 'Our children, our children, our children.'
Nancy Pelosi -
I've always wanted to play quarterback, and I lucked out to be able to play for my favorite team - America's team. I'm just living the moment. I feel like all of this was supposed to happen. When you work hard, things work your way.
Dak Prescott -
I don't care much about hardware. Nintendo games are some of the best games in the world, and from a more graphical standpoint, the Wii can't do what a PS3 or 360 can do.
Warren Spector
-
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie -
The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
Nancy A. Collins -
She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
Gail Parent -
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
Yoko Ono -
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
Nadine Velazquez -
I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
Yo-Yo Ma
-
The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
Nancy Lopez -
The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
Manika -
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
H. L. Mencken -
In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
Hanya Yanagihara -
I know what poverty is.
Manny Pacquiao -
I'm evangelical.
Pat Robertson
-
I'm not playing 'Survivor' when someone I love has cancer.
Jenna Morasca -
It's going to be big dollars and it should be big dollars.
Eliot Spitzer -
Curb your talent lest it speed where virtue does not guide.
Dante Alighieri -
The artist always has been and still is a being somewhat apart from the rest of humanity.
Beatrice M. Hinkle -
I can cite a few cases of where people have tampered around with magic and witchcraft that they've been very severely frightened and traumatised by some of the outcomes. I mean we are playing with fire, and I had to say that.
Peter Hollingworth -
Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.
Ilan Stavans