Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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In many ways, Scotland will benefit more than other parts of the UK when Universal Credit comes in. A larger percentage of people will see an increase in their income through moving into work or taking on more hours.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
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My first secondary school was in East Finchley, and I was one of only five white people in the year. I was really skinny and flat-chested with frizzy hair. I don't consider myself posh, but my mum brought me up to speak properly, and they picked up on that, as all kids do.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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Seeing the energy of 'SNL' made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.
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The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
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Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
