Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes
The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.
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My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.
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There's something about trying to figure out why someone is doing something that on the outside is horrible - what drives them to do that? What could drive any human being to that kind of behaviour?
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Oh, how I treasure this freedom. I really do It's a glorious, wonderful experience. I am off marriage - for life!
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I think celebrities suck.
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It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.
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Even if you have a big tune, live crowds can get sick of it. It's not just about the song but also the staying power and if people have connected with it in a certain way. I know that the tracks I put more emotion and depth into are the ones that have the staying power in clubs.
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Comic books are a big passion of mine.
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I exist as I am, that is enough.
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In 2008, Milton Sheppard opened the Waiter Training School in the Bronx, N.Y., charging $175 for courses, but the business soon ran out of money. He now operates a clown college in the same space.
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Where did God come from? It's certainly more complicated than trying to figure out where, say, Barry Manilow was born.
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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel all alone.
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English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
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We had this neighbor who was an actor, and he was going to an audition one day, driving by our house, and he asked if I wanted to tag along. He was reading for the part of the father, and they were reading for the part of the son the same day, and he told me to sneak in there and make it look like I knew what I was doing.
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The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.
