Alejo Carpentier Quotes

I had breathed in the atmosphere created by Henri Christophe, the monarch of incredible aims, much more surprising than all the kings invented by the surrealists.

Alejo Carpentier

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• One of the things I like best about Netflix is that they make projects like 'Beasts of No Nation.' It's a film about a reality in an African country where kids were being used to be soldiers in a war. And it made so much sense to me as a citizen of the world.

  

  Wagner Moura
  • World
  • Country
  • Kids

• One client's wife managed to steam the labels off all of the several hundred bottles in her husband's prestigious wine collection, so the collection was worthless. The husband hosted 'What's that wine?' dinner parties.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Wife
  • Husband
  • Wine

• A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • World
  • Beautiful
  • Struggle

• I take it seriously that it's a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It's not something I take lightly.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Black
  • Model
  • Honor

• I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • Life
  • Marriage
  • Thought

• Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in the short-term is going to exacerbate unemployment.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Done
  • Going
  • Unemployment

• The Muslim Brotherhood is the parent organization of extreme ideology. They are the godfather of all terrorist organizations. They spread it all over the world.

  

  Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
  • World
  • Organization
  • Parent

• I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.

  

  A. Balasubramaniam
  • People
  • Work
  • Remember

• Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.

  

  Aberjhani
  • She
  • Education
  • Spiritual

• I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Done
  • Success
  • Study

• The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

  

  Ralph Peters
  • Great
  • Age
  • Soul

• I've always had this passion to be creative, and wanted to sing or be in bands and make music, but I didn't have ideas as to what format it'd be, or how I'd do it. I'm not very good with plans. I didn't think it would be me at the front, either. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that was something I'd prevent.

  

  Laura Mvula
  • Good
  • Music
  • Passion

• I tend to like dry humor.

  

  Dan Scanlon
  • Like
  • Humor
  • Dry

• Without trust, the most essential element of innovation - conflict - becomes impossible.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Trust
  • Innovation
  • Conflict

• I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • Family
  • Business
  • Father

• Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.

  

  Rachel Ward
  • Creative
  • Process
  • Very

• 'The ruckus' is different experiences you go through throughout your life which builds your ruckus points up - your tolerance. You've got to have a high tolerance for dealing with stuff all the time.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Saying

• Truth mandates our highest allegiance though it should never be a barrier to kindness.

  

  William Craig Zwick
  • Truth
  • Kindness
  • Barrier

• But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.

  

  Patrick Ness
  • World
  • Die
  • Hand

• One has been a poor spectator of life if one has not witnessed the hand - that kills from mercy.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Life
  • Kills
  • Spectator

• Thus did I keep my person fresh and new, My presence, like a robe pontifical, Ne'er seen but wondered at, and so my state, Seldom but sumptuous, showed like a feast.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Wonder
  • Persons
  • Nobility

• As an early adopter of the internet, I've changed as the internet has changed, and I regret a lot of the things that I used to believe or used to do.

  

  Arthur Chu
  • Regret
  • Internet
  • Changed

• I had breathed in the atmosphere created by Henri Christophe, the monarch of incredible aims, much more surprising than all the kings invented by the surrealists.

  

  Alejo Carpentier