Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San Diego every day to work and then come back. And she would come home when I was an infant long after I was asleep.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkMotherHomeDaySpeakLanguage

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

Jim Brown

FootballSacrificePeopleWinning

I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family.

Maureen Forrester

FamilyBornMontrealI Was BornCame

I learned the biggest lesson just watching Ed McMahon, watching him watch Mr. Carson's monologue.

Jeffrey Tambor

LessonWatchingHimWatchJustMr

If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble.

Jean-Paul Sartre

SomeoneLiteratureWorthTrouble

It's always nice to be thought of and asked to do anything, let alone something different.

Merritt Wever

AloneThoughtNiceAlwaysAnything

I went to a college prep high school in St. Louis, Missouri. When I graduated from school, I owned this thing called the Headmaster's Cup, and the Headmaster's Cup is for the student who exemplifies the spirit of the institution and is recognized by the faculty and administration.

Sterling K. Brown

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolStudent

It's very hard to play a man without any flaws.

Travis Fimmel

ManFlawsPlayHardWithoutVery

Groot is an awesome character.

Michael Rooker

CharacterAwesome

Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.

Liz Phair

SingingFeelSheCatHerHerself

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

Christa McAuliffe

PeopleAlwaysBeenWorking-Class

One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny.

Bryan White

FunnyTimeDressMeWeddingSerious

Speaker Boehner is doing a great job.

Phil Gingrey

GreatJobDoingSpeakerGreat Job

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