Alejo Carpentier Quotes

The concept of the marvelous begins to take form when it arises from an unexpected alteration of reality, the miracle.

Alejo Carpentier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RealityUnexpectedMiracleTakeForm

Maybe I'm more drawn to those kind of parts because they are meaningful to me. I mean, more parent-y ones, I find them interesting to do.

Joan Cusack

MeInterestingFindKindMoreMean

I've learned from doing my own show with Fox that people are not your partners if they're signing the checks. Whoever signs your paycheck is the boss - no matter what they tell you.

Joan Rivers

BossPeopleDoingYouMatterMy Own

My favourite smell is the smell of cut grass, and the sound of sprinklers going on.

Jessica Chastain

GrassSmellSoundCutGoing

In my head I'm a rapper, but I'm not!

Jenji Kohan

RapperHead

It's hard to get out of the barrel. It's slippery around the edges and people are happy to see you fall back in.

Robert Downey, Jr.

HappyPeopleYouFallBackSee

I have a theory that evolutionary biologists are more vain than particle physicists.

Robin Ince

MoreTheoryVainThanPhysicists

The world needs many more dreamers. Unreasonable souls who fight the urge to be ordinary.

Robin S. Sharma

FightWorldMoreDreamersOrdinary

We are eternal beings - spirit children of heavenly parents.

Russell M. Nelson

ChildrenParentsSpiritHeavenly

Democracy doesn't mean I always get my way. It doesn't mean we always get what we want.

Mike Cernovich

TruthMeComplexAboutSufficiently

The first thing to be said about 'Prague Winter,' former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's new book, is that she very wisely chooses to confront early on in it her apparent surprise at learning late in life that she was born Jewish.

Michael Korda

LifeWinterLearningBookSurprise

We all know there are problems with Obamacare, and Washington's implementation of it has been abysmal. But rejecting Medicaid won't fix any of those things.

Jay Nixon

ProblemsKnowWashingtonFixThings

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana.

Joni Mitchell

TelevisionNowUpUsedAlmostLike

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