Carlos Fuentes Quotes
You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.
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I really like just super dry comedy.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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I wrote my novel 'Bitter Greens' as the creative component of a Doctorate of Creative Arts and am now looking at the history of the Rapunzel tale as my theoretical component.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I am happy that I have entertained people and made them happy.
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There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
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The E.U. intends to be one of the biggest humanitarian donors on the Syrian crisis.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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What I say is, national defense is the most important thing we do in Washington, but there's still waste in the military budget.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.
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If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
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The specific steps for changing a specific habit differ from person to person and habit to habit, but the steps - the formula - is essentially the same, and once you learn it, you can do amazing things.
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I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the rings. It was a beautiful image.
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If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
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You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.
