Luis Alberto Urrea Quotes

I don't like being angry all the time; it's not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodTimeAngryWarMeSerenity

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.

Joan Baez

LiveDieYouChooseNowDecide

When I did 'Clockers,' I didn't even think about having a career in acting, I just thought, 'Wow, this is cool. I get to do a little movie.'

Mekhi Phifer

CoolThinkThoughtCareerActing

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

Anita Baker

DaughterWifeSchoolBreakfastDoing

We all get swept up in the hype machine. Nobody is immune to that.

Steven Cojocaru

NobodyUpHypeGetMachineImmune

My mother has the same kind of an arm, even today at 74. She could throw a ball from second base to home plate with something on it. I got my arm from my mother.

Roberto Clemente

MotherHomeTodayKindSheSame

I am not hugely famous; I am not a name. For me, it's not the size of the role, it's the material and the people you are working with.

Ruth Negga

I AmPeopleMeNameFamousYou

I used to think I was going to die wise, and now, the one wisdom I have is I know very little.

Mary Steenburgen

WisdomWiseThinkDieKnowNow

I feel like when you are really appreciative, it makes it easier to have a better outlook and perspective of life in general.

Miguel

LifePerspectiveBetterFeelYou

Being in a relationship grounds you. You feel a sense of home.

Jonathan Knight

HomeRelationshipFeelYouSense

You can only really understand good if you have bad, so the idea of heaven or anything that happens for eternity, even if it's nice, I can't imagine it being nice forever. Even the idea of forever is kind of ridiculous, which is unfortunate because it's kind of a nice thing to say, you know.

Conor Oberst

GoodYouBadHeavenKnowNice

When I was a single, working mom with a newborn, I learned just how vital it is to have comprehensive, affordable health care.

Claire McCaskill

HealthMomCareSingleWorkingJust

I grew up in a secular environment, you know, in the '60s and '70s. My mother's family was Catholic, but you know, just very kind of conventionally Catholic. You know, nothing - there was nothing, you know, extreme about their version of religion. And my father was a free spirit, you know? He had no time for religion at all.

Pawel Pawlikowski

FamilyFatherMotherTimeReligion

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