Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.Luis Alberto Urrea
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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.
Cameron van der Burgh -
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.
Samantha Fox -
I just respect Kanye as an artist.
Bebe Rexha -
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.
S. I. Hayakawa -
Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
Garry Hynes -
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.
Karen Gillan
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
Nathan Bedford Forrest -
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.
Rachel Kushner -
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
Gabrielle Roy -
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.
Iain Duncan Smith -
When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
Imelda May -
I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
Jack White The White Stripes
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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.
Dana Perino -
The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
Aaliyah -
I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
Sam Hunt -
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.
Wanda Sykes -
Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.
Harlan Coben -
If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.
Samuel Goldwyn
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A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.
Samuel Johnson -
I think a movie is a great date idea for younger couples. It takes the pressure off, since something else is entertaining you. It's also good for couples in a very comfortable relationship.
Chris Carmack -
True, when you behold Damascus from the Salahiyeh, the last slope of the Anti-Lebanon, it is the realization of all that you have dreamed of Oriental splendor; the world has no picture more dazzling. It is Beauty carried to the Sublime, as I have felt when overlooking some boundless forest of palms within the tropics.
Bayard Taylor -
I'm kind of a 'Fix-It Felix' video girl. I like the simpler, sweeter kind of games.
Jane Lynch -
There are a lot of people who want to retain the Eighth Amendment - I don't agree with that view myself - there are others who want to remove it, but when you ask them what that means, they aren't able to tell you.
Leo Varadkar -
Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
Luis Alberto Urrea