Carlos Fuentes Quotes

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

Carlos Fuentes

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• Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.

  

  R. Kelly
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• I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Work
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• Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Life
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• A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
  • People
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• I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.

  

  Kate Greenaway
  • Time
  • Long
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• My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.

  

  Vernon Wells
  • Dad
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• No one person is an island.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Person
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• I didn't particularly like being objectified.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Like
  • Being
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• People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.

  

  Salman Khan
  • People
  • Money
  • Small

• My goal? To test out every diet and exercise regimen on planet earth and figure out which work best. I sweated, I cooked, I learned to pole dance. In the end, I lost weight, lowered my cholesterol and doubled my energy level. I feel better than I ever have.

  

  A. J. Jacobs
  • Work
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• In the end, crime doesn't pay.

  

  Lane Garrison
  • End
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• Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Problem
  • Understanding
  • Easy

• As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.

  

  Nash Grier
  • Time
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  • Mistake

• I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.

  

  Gary Numan
  • People
  • Up
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• Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.

  

  Zach Wamp
  • Men
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• At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.

  

  Ian Mcewan
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• I have to be honest - I don't love guns.

  

  Vanessa Ferlito
  • Honest
  • Have
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• On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Man
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• Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand.

  

  Geoff Mulgan

• It is precisely in knowing its limits that philosophy consists.

  

  Immanuel Kant
  • Philosophy
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• Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you.

  

  William Shakespeare
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• I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • House
  • Single
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• England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

  

  Elizabeth McGovern
  • Different
  • America
  • Culture

• Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • America
  • Black
  • Spanish