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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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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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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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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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
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If you don't have a healthy relationship with yourself, how can you with anyone else? Even if it's not healthy, I imagine it's a lot of fun. And healthy or not, I still think there can be a lot of love.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.
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My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security.
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I'm a writer slash designer slash TV personality.
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To be honest, when I'm home, every day is a Friday for me. It doesn't really matter what day it is for me. A lot of my friends actually have time off during the week, and so it doesn't prohibit me from enjoying myself when I am home on a Monday or a Tuesday.
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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.
