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Cristina Henriquez Quotes

Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'

Cristina Henriquez

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american

Topics

I Am Book Story Political Humanity

Rock guitarists usually do not wish to think trains of thought about anything but their own guitar playing during a long solo, and I could not play this way if I were not able to divide my attention between my ever changing musical environment and my instrument itself.

John Frusciante

Think Thought Guitar Wish Attention

The desperately poor may accept handouts, because they feel they have to. For those who consider themselves at least middle class, however, anything that smacks of a handout is not desired. Instead, they want their economic power back.

Robert J. Shiller

Power Feel Back Want Class Poor

If youth knew; if age could.

Sigmund Freud

Age Youth Brainy Knew Could

James Joyce - an essentially private man who wished his total indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.

Tom Stoppard

Man Indifference Who Notice Public

Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured so long, gathered up so many disparate needs and wants and feelings, and inspired so many different paths towards understanding it.

Robert Winston

Religion Dawn Understanding Long Up

'Grease' was how I learned that I really liked music and musicals and movies that included music.

Jason Moore

Music Movies Musicals How Learned

On our Web site, we have people complaining about us not playing new stuff. But there's so many classic Lynyrd Skynyrd songs, you can't go out and just do a bunch of new things.

Johnny Van Zant

New Things People You Go Complaining

If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder's sister. They deal with what I would call the 'saga' of 'The X-Files.'

Chris Carter

Sister Search You Look Big Call

I can't turn hip-hop off, just like I can't turn comic books off. It blends into everything for me.

Cheo Hodari Coker

Me Hip-Hop Everything Turn Off Just

'The Polar Express' began with the idea of a train standing alone in the woods. I asked myself, 'What if a boy gets on that train? Where does he go?'

Chris Van Allsburg

Alone Myself Woods Train Go Boy

I think the most important thing is God forbid anything were to happen to Mr. Trump as the president, you want someone who can take over the government the very next day and make sure that their agenda and Mr. Trump's agenda continues to move forward.

Corey Lewandowski

God Day Government Forward Think

I wanted to bring the R&B flavor and other Westernized sounds to my music, because that's the type of music I grew up listening to.

Coco Lee

Music Listening Up Bring Flavor