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Alma Guillermoprieto Quotes

One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language.

Alma Guillermoprieto

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: mexican
Birth: May 27, 1949

Topics

Society Language Take Many Takes

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Life Inspirational Tomorrow Hands

When I don't feel like working out, lifting weights or doing serious cardio, the best thing for me to do is just go on the treadmill and walk. I walk and listen to music and 10 minutes will go by, then 15, and then I'll speed up a bit. Once my blood really starts flowing, I'll get a second wind and then I want to work out.

Work Music Best Walk Me Wind

We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the rote learning of a grammatical rule or mathematical concept. But the habits of mind art cultivates are important.

Learning Art Mind Learn Lesson Two

I watch way too much C-SPAN.

Too Much Way Watch Much Too

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.

Good Humor People Problem You Mood

Jesus isn't lettin' you off the hook. The Scriptures don't let you off the hook so easily... When people say, you know, 'Good teacher', 'Prophet', 'Really nice guy' ... this is not how Jesus thought of Himself.

Good Good Teacher Teacher People You

The super awesomeness would be a portable teleportation machine that I could take with me. I go wherever I want, and then I can go from there to wherever I want. Instantly. Without having to go through TSA. One can wish.

Me Wish I Can Go Want Without

The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

Brian Sutton-Smith

Children Brain Connections Early

People ask me, 'What were you thinking during that game-winning penalty kick in the 2011 World Cup?' I was actually thinking absolutely nothing. I just walked up there and was so inspired by my teammates who rocked all their PKs; they just killed it. I figured I might as well do the same, or they might have my neck.

People Me World Thinking You Ask

The irony is that we're really good at comedy in Britain, but for some reason, we make very few comedy films. And when we do, they're either quite American in style, or very Richard Curtis. And I like Richard Curtis, but I think only Richard Curtis should write Richard Curtis films, and other people should try and find their own style.

Good Style People Think American

In my early teens, I acquired a kind of representative status: went on behalf of the family to wakes and funerals and so on. And I would be counted on as an adult contributor when it came to farm work - the hay in the summertime, for example.

Work Family Farm Early Kind Status

If you're going to do something, you do it all the way.

You Way Something Going

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