Juan Felipe Herrera Quotes

My mother was a great storyteller and a great historian in her own way. She only made it to third grade. She came from Mexico City at the tail end of the Mexican Revolution and that kind of turmoil and chaos and frenzy and also excitement.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherGreatCityChaosRevolution

I'd just sit with Dee Dee on the corner off of Queens Boulevard and drink and insult people and stuff. That's when I got kicked out of my house. My mother told me it was for my own good.

Joey Ramone

GoodMotherPeopleMeHouseInsult

In tribal Botswana, I received some woven necklaces and a handmade bow with three poison arrows. It's framed and hanging on the wall in my living room and is, without a doubt, one of my favorite possessions.

Andrew Zimmern

DoubtWallThreeLivingRoomPoison

I don't like to be afraid. I'm afraid every day, all the time.

Melissa Auf der Maur

TimeDayEvery DayAfraidLike

When I ask people what they think of when they hear the term 'cerebral palsy,' I usually get one of two responses. They either think of a smiling, crumpled child in a wheelchair on a poster or commercials on late night TV with lawyers enticing parents of CP kids to sue the pants off their obstetrician.

Maysoon Zayid

ChildParentsPeopleNightThink

I love Meghna Gulzar's film making and her style of story telling. In her films, every character, small or big, is beautifully etched.

Amruta Khanvilkar

LoveCharacterStyleSmallStory

In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability, curbed flagrant human rights violations, and sought to build democratic political institutions.

Stephen Kinzer

ProgressPoliticalAmericaBack

I was born in Germany and grew up immersed in international school communities. I was in the German bilingual track, spent a few years in rural Canada, and then went to the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy.

Sophie Hawley-Weld

SchoolCollegeWorldBornCanadaUp

The thing that sets Mars apart is that it is the one planet that is enough like Earth that you can imagine life possibly once having taken hold there.

Steven Squyres

LifeEnoughYouEarthMarsPlanet

Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

Steve Schirripa

WarGoSettleVietnam WarAnything

Believing that your competition is stronger and better than you pushes you to better yourselves.

Simon Sinek

CompetitionBetterStrongerYouYour

Ambition can get you freedom.

Roisin Murphy

FreedomAmbitionYouGet

I was into Black Power, and my practice Oxbridge essay was a rant. The headmistress said I'd never get in with that, but she was probably wrong. I was the ideal combination: a swot who was also a bad girl.

Mary Beard

GirlPowerPracticeBlackBadWrong

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