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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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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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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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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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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I'm open to all the elements, I'm definitely ready to take anything on. But I don't want to jump too far into the deep end.
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What belongs to someone, belongs to someone.
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I was seeing this girl recently and used to call her up saying I missed her. I can't help it after a few drinks!
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Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on her plate. And she says, 'Oh! Rosemary's gone to Paris. No wonder the bathroom was so tidy.' And nobody minds. But in my day, to go abroad with all those wicked Frenchmen, what would become of them? So no-one ever went anywhere.
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It would never be both Michael and myself running because as a mother ... I would never put my children through this.
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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.