Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

When I was doing missionary work when I was younger, which started this obsession of mine with the literature of witness, I was a translator for a missionary group, and I spent years in a Tijuana dump. People were really thrown by the fact that the Mexican poor, many of them pureblood indigenous people, seemed happy.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHappyPeopleLiteratureDoing

I was very unhappy about being killed off on 'Supernatural' in season 7.

Jim Beaver

UnhappyBeingSeasonOffVeryAbout

With the kinds of progress we're seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think that, you know, things would happen overnight. But I want people to understand that sometimes it even gets worse before it gets better.

John Dramani Mahama

ProgressPeopleThinkBetterYou

There's no such thing as holding back. I want to finish as soon as possible. The only time I did it was because he was a friend of mine. It was against Thales Leites. We went until the last round because he's a friend of mine, and I respect him.

Anderson Silva

FriendRespectTimeBackPossible

So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.

Amy Klobuchar

TechnologyParentsKnowMoreOld

Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.

Stephen Covey

HappyPeoplePieAbundanceOthers

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. Today is one of those experiences.

Sonia Sotomayor

TodayI AmBlessedOpportunitiesWho

A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write.

Soccer Mommy

MusicSoundWriteFavoriteLikeLot

I like the idea of the states to go out and the states to take fifty laboratories of the best thoughts and create best ideas possible.

Robert Blaha

BestIdeasThoughtsCreatePossible

How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.

Ron Paul

HumblePoliceWinWorldConstitution

I was always interested in films and thought that was the path I should go down, but I didn't start pursuing acting until I was 17.

Jonas Armstrong

PathStartThoughtActingDownGo

I have ideas that I will probably never write now.

Doris Lessing

IdeasNowWillNeverWrite

Zion and communities like it have been unfairly saddled with storing our nation's stranded nuclear waste... with no compensation in return. The federal government needs to make right by these communities.

Brad Schneider

GovernmentRightNationReturnBeen

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