Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

The stupidity of militarized fences between two worlds is a metaphor for all the things that divide us as human beings.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

StupidityHumanTwoThingsUs

Just to continue a space program because it's a space program? No, I don't think we have an obligation for that.

John Glenn

SpaceThinkObligationBecauseJust

I had an unusual college experience because I traveled the world while going to school at the same time. Now, to look back, I was very lucky.

Su-chin Pak

TimeExperienceSchoolCollegeWorld

We humans are a minority of giants stumbling around in a world of little things.

Sue Hubbell

Little ThingsWorldMinorityLittle

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

Sonia Sotomayor

TodayI AmBlessedOpportunitiesWho

I'm used to bad reviews.

Roger Moore

BadUsedReviews

I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that's what I wanted to be. I'm made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way!

Mike Myers

WaterWorldViewActorWayFirst

I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.

Michael Stipe

MyselfTiredReadingSeeingThrough

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

Jason Pierre-Paul

ManMoveRushJust

The idea is to keep reinventing yourself. Once you attain a certain status as an actor, your fans start expecting from you and you should be able to fulfill them. That's why I try to choose as many different kind of roles as I can so that my fans are not disappointed with me. It would also get boring for me as an actor to keep repeating myself.

Arjun Rampal

MyselfYourselfMeStartYouChoose

I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression for novels. I don't think about a particular form: I think more about fiction, let's say a chunk of fiction.

Alice Munro

DisciplineStoryThinkShortRules

The so-called oligarchs have always had less influence than conventional wisdom attributed to them.

Pyotr Aven

WisdomInfluenceAlwaysThanLess

Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental bandwidth. Although we can control where our time goes, we cannot fully control how our bandwidth is allocated.

Sendhil Mullainathan

TimeMindControlHardTaskMental

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