Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

Masculinity is kind of a toxic curse, isn't it? The expectations of it were hard on me.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MeExpectationsKindHardToxic

It feels so good to win, you want to do it again and again.

Jimmy Walker

GoodWinYouWantAgainFeels

I would say, anyone who knows me says they don't envy my life. I've just been through very hard times, yes.

Maye Musk

LifeMeMy LifeEnvySayHard

As soon as I can afford a studio space, I'll paint again.

Max Cannon

SpaceI CanPaintAgainSoonStudio

We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones, and our town didn't have a pool hall either, so I had to hang out at the public library - and anyway, I told myself stories.

John Sladek

MyselfLibraryPhonePoolShyKid

Politicians are usually the first to forget that if you assume someone else is acting in bad faith, they will do the same to you. Questioning motives poisons the well.

John Sununu

FaithSomeoneYouBadActingForget

Ministry burnout is a real problem because it's never-ending.

Tony Evans

ProblemRealBecauseBurnout

This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

Tom Wolfe

LifeBeautyManArtistGloryHungry

I consider the guys at Mt. Gox my friends.

Roger Ver

FriendsConsiderGuys

John Wetteland had a very good curveball. He threw it for a strike, too, in any count, any situation. But, he really didn't use it much. He didn't want to throw it. He wanted to throw fastball-slider.

Jorge Posada

GoodSituationStrikeWantCountHe

The only thing police patrol cops - in certain situations - are expert at is spotting anomalies. When you are a black person that is driving in a place that you stick out, that's all they're going to see.

Cheo Hodari Coker

PoliceBlackDrivingYouPersonSee

I'm very proud of my sobriety now.

Brad Goreski

ProudNowSobrietyVery

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section.

Allan Sloan

BusinessMeSundayPayLeaveCut

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