Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

When 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' came out, there was a certain backlash - 'Well, this isn't 'The Devil's Highway.'' That's just the way it goes.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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• I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.

  

  Damien Rice
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  • Life
  • Train

• We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.

  

  Oliver Hudson
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Normal

• I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • Life
  • Time
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• When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• We only have a certain amount of energy for each day. If we use it for the wrong purpose, if we focus on the negative or dwell on whoever hurt us, then we're not going to have the energy we need for the right purposes.

  

  Victoria Osteen
  • Energy
  • Day
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• I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Men
  • Art
  • Fashion

• Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Today
  • Discipline
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• If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • Beautiful
  • Weather
  • License

• I've always been a huge fan of Julia Roberts. Without her what would the world be like?

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • World
  • Always
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• Everybody has a story... and a scream.

  

  Rachel Roberts
  • Story
  • Everybody
  • Scream

• Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Time
  • Money
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• The luxury of radio is that you don't spend hours in make-up, and you can wear whatever you want. It's bizarre. You'll be saying lines, with various people around making sound effect noises.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • People
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• The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Man
  • Failure
  • Cost

• It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic.

  

  Rachel Zoe
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• I also care that the public are getting their 12 dollars worth when they go to a movie, and that they're not coming out not wanting to ever see a movie with me in it again. I don't care what people think of me as a person, but I do care what people think of my work, and whether I'm investing enough into it.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• I want to state clearly that I am a humanitarian, not an activist. I do not follow any agendas - only that of humanity, not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the world.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • World
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  • Activist

• You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.

  

  Danai Gurira
  • Women
  • Want
  • Space

• Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.

  

  Yelawolf
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• She often spoke of marryin' a butcher or a sausage maker, having a liking for those trades, as she said, for they knew you couldn't never get all the stains from their aprons, and didn't demand it.

  

  Gene Wolfe
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• You may have the loftiest goals, the highest ideals, the noblest dreams, but remember this nothing works unless you do.

  

  Nido Qubein
  • Goals
  • Dreams
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• At the beginning of your career, it's 'Who is Paul Newman?' and then it's 'Get me Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Get me a young Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Who is Paul Newman?'

  

  Paul Newman
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• I'm Muhammad Ali's daughter, but my father and I are very different in that area. I don't necessarily try to put on a show. That's what my father's thing was, and he was great at it. Everything I say is because I feel it, and it comes out of my mouth. It's not scripted.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Great
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  • Father

• Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an autograph for her?' And some people send me stuff. I don't mind it at all: as a sportswoman, you owe them because they support you.

  

  Zara Phillips
  • People
  • Up
  • Mind

• When 'The Hummingbird's Daughter' came out, there was a certain backlash - 'Well, this isn't 'The Devil's Highway.'' That's just the way it goes.

  

  Luis Alberto Urrea
  • Daughter
  • Devil