Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

The concept of a literature of witness - of bearing witness - has embedded in it the need for action. One must not simply hide in the shadows and type; one must also stand in the light.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LightActionStandLiteratureHide

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

Jillian Mayer

SuccessTalentAnythingAffectYour

In the morning, I get the paper. I look in the obituary column. If I don't see myself in there, I get up.

Melvin Van Peebles

MorningMyselfLookSeeUpGet

Americans are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus: they agree on little and understand each other less and less.

Robert Kagan

UnderstandMarsLittleAgreeVenus

The combination of population growth and the growth in consumption is a danger that we are not prepared for and something we will need global co-operation on.

Maurice Strong

GrowthWillNeedDangerSomething

I've often made critical comments about settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and in east Jerusalem, and my position hasn't changed. At the same time, it's equally important to me that the two sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, work towards a durable peace settlement: that's to say a viable two-state solution.

Angela Merkel

WorkTimePeaceMeSolutionSay

The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind of story I'm telling. Then I start building little bridges - word bridges - to make everything go from one point to the next point to the next point until it reaches the end.

Jeff Mangum

MeBuildingStartStoryEndBridges

I'm a huge fan of Nawazuddin.

Amy Jackson

FanHuge FanHuge

The reason people turn to supernatural explanations is that the mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. Because we do not yet have a fully natural explanation for mind and consciousness, people turn to supernatural explanations to fill the void.

Michael Shermer

PeopleMindReasonVacuumTurnVoid

My body is so important to me... my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have.

Monica Bellucci

EyesMeFaceHandsBodyImportant

I believe in people.

Javier Bardem

PeopleBelieveI BelieveI Believe In

With every problem comes a gift in hand.

Dick Dale

GiftProblemHandEvery

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

Connie Willis

WorldChurchYouKnowBeliefNeed

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