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 -
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 -
If you're a Republican woman, you're mostly on your own when it comes to support from traditional women's groups.
Dana Perino
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The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.
Aaliyah -
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 -
In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.
Gary Lineker -
Marxism is like a classical building that followed the Renaissance; beautiful in its way, but incapable of growth.
Harold MacMillan
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We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain.
Francis Maude -
I'm not interested in putting naturalism on stage - I want passion.
John Tiffany -
Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
Rajiv Ouseph -
To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
Zendaya -
I think the fan access is complicated, because it brings wonderful things into my life, and it brings really negative things into my life. I just try to keep the negative stuff at arm's length. Laugh at it and walk away.
Kathleen Hanna Bikini Kill -
Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of 'writer' is a border writer. We all are border people.
Luis Alberto Urrea