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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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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If it's accessible by hundreds of millions of people, then it's as mainstream as it gets.
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Superman has evolved continually in the comic books over the course of 75 years. He couldn't even fly for years in the original comic books. Kryptonite wasn't added until the '60s. All sorts of things like this. If a character is going to remain vital, he does have to change with the times.
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I want to keep a mysterious side to me. I want to keep a mysterious side to me.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.
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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.
