Carlos Fuentes Quotes
The Mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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I don't think that women need to smell interesting.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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With 'posts' running in the millions, Internet message boards have become an essential part of the savvy investor's arsenal.
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During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.
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The Internet is a toilet. It is.
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My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.
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The Loire Valley is grossly underestimated. The prices are fair, and the wines are real.
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I couldn't believe I was working with Michael Jackson. I thought, growing up as a kid, I thought Michael was a cartoon.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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He pronounced the letter R (littera canina) very hard – a certaine signe of a Satyricall Witt.
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I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.
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I lived below the poverty line when I was young and starting out as a writer. But my wife and I kept trying to do things better, as anyone with ambition does. But just because you're trying doesn't mean you're always going to succeed.
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A lot of times when I play a show, I'm the only girl on the bill. We're a minority, for sure.
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The Mexican revolution was a break with the past to recover the past. We were trying to deny we had an Indian and a black and a Spanish past. The Mexican Revolution accepted all heritages. It allowed Mexico to be mestizo.
