Sandra Cisneros Quotes

'Hispanic' is English for a person of Latino origin who wants to be accepted by the white status quo. 'Latino' is the word we have always used for ourselves.

Sandra Cisneros

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 20, 1954

Topics

WhitePersonStatus QuoLatinoUsed

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.

John Mayall

LifeMindMeImpossibleMy Life

I used to get two racquets a year. As you can imagine, they didn't last me too long.

John McEnroe

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I produce so little that the works have to be editioned. Otherwise, I don't survive. Also, editioning is relevant for communication. If you make three new works, it means that nine objects are available. Three people talking about your work is fine, but nine makes a difference.

Maurizio Cattelan

WorkCommunicationPeopleSurvive

I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for me, although by the time August rolls around and my roses have black spot, I need the break winter provides.

Siri Hustvedt

FamilyLoveWinterTimeJoyMe

An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.

Tony Campolo

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If they do something like that, maybe a Freddy Krueger fan, a girl, a really sick goth girl starts killing kids herself and Freddy has to put a stop to it, or they have to fight it out.

Robert Englund

GirlFightSickStopOutSomething

Education levels the playing field, allowing everyone to compete.

Joyce Meyer

EducationEveryoneCompetePlaying

Americans' information independence is under attack, whether it's the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.

Jared Polis

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My dad always produces, and I would always sit in producers' meetings with him. I like the whole thing of putting a movie together. I think that's very exciting.

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

TogetherThinkMeetingsHimAlways

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin.

Desmond Tutu

WhitePersonSkinYoungVoteLand

We all kind of dreamed about being musicians, but the narrative around being a musician is it'll never happen to you. It's not something that just happens - one in a million shot - all those things that just make you feel like it'll never happen.

Clairo

FeelMusiciansYouKindNever

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Aphra Behn

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