Carlos Fuentes Quotes
Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living.
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
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Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.
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My wife and I were both very engaged in trying to defeat Trump. We knocked on doors in three states.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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My wife had taken off on a plane. Two airplanes had crashed into the World Trade Center. I, of course, like any other person, felt potentially devastated, panicky a little bit.
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I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.
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When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.
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I have written to Israel's friends around the world, including the U.S. Congress and the E.U., and asked them to make funding for the United Nations dependent on ending blatant discrimination against Israel at the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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I used to always run off at the mouth and talk about people. I just didn't know that it would make a living for me.
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My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
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I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.
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Work is both my living and my pleasure.
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I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sing in a jazz bar and to just make it to pay for the rent.' And I'm like, 'Cool... That's not what I wanna do. I want as many people as possible to go to my concert.'
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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
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You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
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I speak from a nerd's perspective because I've been watching anime since I was a kid. I grew up on 'Speed Racer' and 'Star Blazers' and 'Battle of the Planets,' and those were some of my first A) cartoons and B) introduction to Japanese couture before I even knew they were Japanese.
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I am the wealthiest man, not just in Europe, but in the whole world. I collect emotions.
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We need only think of the number of talented men who sooner or later make their apologies and concessions to philistinism, so as to be permitted to exist.
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I was seven years old when my grandmother stated teaching me to sew, and she always encouraged me to be creative.
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Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments.
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Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living.
