Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

There is beauty in our roots. Sometimes we think our roots are shameful, and people tell you that you're no good or your ancestors are no good or that you come from a neighborhood of no hope and terrible crime. But it's about the beauty of those places, and I carry that with me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: August 20, 1955

Topics

GoodBeautyHopePeopleMeRoots

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

Jimmy Carter

GoodFaithRespectControlGunYou

I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

Jennifer Lopez

LifePositiveMotherBestJobI Am

I'm very close to suggesting that Mr. Pitt has now served as long as he can usefully do so. He seems to take his foot out of his mouth only for purposes of changing feet.

John Dingell

FeetLongMouthNowOutChanging

Tithing is a bad ceiling but an excellent floor.

John Ortberg

BadCeilingFloorExcellent

A coach, especially at a college level - much more at a college or high school level, than at a pro level - you're more of a teacher than an actual coach.

Matthew McConaughey

TeacherSchoolCollegeHigh School

It's worth noting that everything - from the Internet to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media - were pioneered by startups, not existing companies.

Steve Blank

Social MediaInternetMediaWorth

It's a good feeling to have people support you.

Steve Clevenger

GoodSupportPeopleYouFeeling

Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

Rose Wilder Lane

LifeQualityEffortWritingDefeated

I challenge any American family to think about what they would do if they were invaded by a hostile force. If tanks pulled up outside their house, and there were armed men inside, would they send their kids out? A lot of Americans would fight that to the end.

David Thibodeau

FamilyChallengeMenFightThink

Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an act of Congress as unconstitutional. Marbury stands for the authority of the Supreme Court to have and to exercise that power.

Cliff Sloan

PowerDecisionThinkExerciseDown

I have a song called 'I Don't Even Know Your Name' which I think is going to be well liked across the board.

Shawn Mendes

SongThinkNameKnowGoingWell

A barrier is of ideas, not of things.

Mark Caine

IdeasThingsBarrier

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