Stephen Kinzer Quotes

More than half of Guatemalans are pureblooded Indians, descendants of the proud Maya-Quiche tribes. In their mist-shrouded villages, the Indians worship the corn god and the rain god, only vaguely concerned with the political entity known as Guatemala.

Stephen Kinzer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 4, 1951

Topics

GodRainProudPoliticalMoreCorn

I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.

Jeremy Lin

WritingReadingSpeakBetterSkills

We have to have an adequate number of taxes and an adequate amount of taxes.

Robert J. Bentley

TaxesNumberAdequateAmount

Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

Angus Young

BestRock And RollYouBluesRock

I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again.

Russell Means

HonestyTimeBestPeopleSociety

What's my expectation in the U.S.? I would like to replace Grey Goose.

Roustam Tariko

ExpectationGreyGooseReplaceWould

Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of nationhood? In each other? Even that has been complicated. It feels like there's a total collapse of trust, but without trust, it's impossible to have any sense of who one is.

Mike Bartlett

TrustReligionPeopleImpossibleSay

You cannot score 10 goals from 10 shots - that's impossible - but I am trying.

Mohamed Salah

GoalsI AmImpossibleTryingYouAm

People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children.

Anne Wojcicki

ChildrenPeopleThinkYouSmoke

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

William Shakespeare

FaithGreatMenPeopleLovedBeen

Obviously the original 'Tron' was a very influential movie for its time, so to be a part of the second one is very exciting.

Serinda Swan

TimeOriginalExcitingSecondMovie

The view only changes for the lead dog.

Norman O. Brown

DogViewChangesLeadOnly

Dead or alive, interesting people are interesting people.

Noel Riley Fitch

PeopleInterestingAliveDead

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