Alejo Carpentier Quotes

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century.

Alejo Carpentier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: cuban
  • Birth: December 26, 1904 - April 24, 1980

Topics

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I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.

Jesus Christ

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I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

Jenna Fischer

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The largest party in America, by the way, is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters.

Robert Reich

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Sit with silence a lot - real silence, where nothing is happening - because you learn so much in those moments of quiet.

Ann Dowd

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So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.

Steve Irwin

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One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

Sonakshi Sinha

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I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

Sonakshi Sinha

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If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.

Rush Limbaugh

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I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money that we don't have, and we borrow it for the purpose of spending it.

Michele Bachmann

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We really believe in the earnings. We're very proud that often we do well in the down market. But you know, there are some markets where they just lose liquidity, like 2001, 2008.

Louis Navellier

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I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.

Don Johnson

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I like a good old thriller.

Dean-Charles Chapman

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