Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

Diversity really means becoming complete as human beings - all of us. We learn from each other. If you're missing on that stage, we learn less. We all need to be on that stage.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1948

Topics

DiversityLearnYouHumanNeedUs

I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Joe Murray

MemoryTableExcitementFirstSaw

We grew up on Scorsese and Coppola and '70s crime thrillers.

Joe Russo

CrimeUpGrewThrillersScorsese

As a Middle Eastern male, when you're in a Chuck Norris movie of the week, you know you're going to die.

Maz Jobrani

DieWeekYouKnowGoingMiddle

There is a quiet place in Hawaii where, for over thirty years, I've gone to draw inspiration and write many of my books.

Robert H. Schuller

HawaiiQuietPlaceThirtyWrite

You know, you can be really quite subversive in popular fiction, which is capable of taking on big issues of politics, war, the rise and fall of commercial dynasties.

Robert Harris

PoliticsWarYouFallRiseKnow

Science and the many benefits that science has produced have played a crucial part in our history and produced vast improvements to human welfare.

John Sulston

ScienceHistoryHumanWelfareOur

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

Mohsin Hamid

WritingPointBeingWriter

I wanted to make America proud.

Mirai Nagasu

ProudAmericaMakeWanted

I went to Dartmouth College so simply by being an Indian-American woman, I was already so statistically interesting. And then the fact that I didn't want to do anything science-related, and I wanted to write comedy plays and act little bit - I mean, I became deeply interesting in college because of how rare that was.

Mindy Kaling

WomanCollegeInterestingComedy

Instead of making people victims of people who are successful, we should be telling people, 'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims.

Jon Lovitz

TimePeopleSucceedToolsDoingYou

Those five Rogers Cup matches were physically tough, and there were late nights, up until 2 or 3 A.M. - how could I fall to sleep after beating some of my heroes?

Denis Shapovalov

SleepToughFallLateHeroesUp

I will dive on the floor for a loose ball. That's how I'm trained. I can guard a guard if I want to. That's just that price. I'm not gonna sit here and let you score on me. That's in my blood.

Deandre Ayton

MeYouI CanPriceBloodWant

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