Alvaro Enrigue Quotes

In 'Where the Air is Clear', Carlos Fuentes composed a polyphonic portrait of Mexico City amid the growth and modernization brought on by the economic boom of the 1950s. The novel can be read as a jazz interpretation - free and in a Mexican key - of John Dos Passos' 'Manhattan Transfer'.

Alvaro Enrigue

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1969

Topics

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I'm not an outdoors person by instinct or nature. I'm more of a city person.

Jim Sturgess

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The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.

Jeremy Grantham

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I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!

Matthew Lesko

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Yes, alas, I've been on some recording sessions where the music wasn't good. Not so many, really, considering how many I've done. It's a very awkward situation because to do a recording well you focus on the positive of what will make the piece better.

Tony Levin

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Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

Tom Robbins

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In Arkansas, we believe in religious freedom.

Tom Cotton

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I consider myself a student of Hollywood.

Rob Morrow

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I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that I don't think of them as work in the usual sense of the word.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Optimizing return on capital will generate less growth than optimizing return on education.

Clayton M. Christensen

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I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

Brendan Fraser

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Design doesn't have to be daunting. Some people really find it challenging to take on their entire home, because they don't know their aesthetic; they don't know where they want to go.

Bobby Berk

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Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.

Aung San Suu Kyi

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