Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

I came to believe the green fuse that drives spring and summer through the world is essentially a literary energy. That the world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing - and that thing was story.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeSpringGreenWorldEnergyMore

It became motivation as opposed to something else - the thing about poverty is that it starts affecting your mind and your spirit because people don't see you. I chose from a very young age that I didn't want that for my life. And it very much has helped me appreciate and value the things that are in my life now because I never had it.

Viola Davis

LifeAgeValuePeopleMindMe

I worked for a big department store, and strangely, on my first day, they put me in charge of Christmas wrapping. I didn't know how to wrap a present and make it not look like it fell off a truck.

Joel Edgerton

DayMeTruckPresentLookKnow

There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top.

Tom Hicks

TopReasonGetNo ReasonRangers

Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.

Robert Anton Wilson

GodStruggleWarEvilInfluence

The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican.

Robert Teeter

StrengthUniqueYoungPresidentShow

You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America.

Ruby Dee

BusinessPurposeAmericaYouGoOut

You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially.

Mary Stuart Masterson

WomenYouPersonKnowWantRight

One of my signature strengths is the love of learning, and by teaching, I have built it into the fabric of my life. I try to do some of it every day.

Martin Seligman

LifeLoveLearningDayMy LifeTry

Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn't be settled on the spot.

Marvin Ammori

MusicAgeDayWaitNightInternet

One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.

Mitch Kapor

YouBuildCompanyImageFounderGet

When I'm doing interviews, I'm doing interviews, and when I am writing, I'm writing. I sit there with a musician and I write. It's the same process since I started writing in my twenties. I like to come in and leave with a finished song.

Lisa Marie Presley

I AmWritingSongProcessDoingSit

In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Jose Manuel Barroso

AgePowerMoreSovereigntyMeans

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