Sandra Cisneros Quotes

I don't see any kind of mirror of power, male power, that is, as a form of liberation. I don't believe in an eye for an eye. I don't believe this is truly freedom.

Sandra Cisneros

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FreedomPowerMirrorEyeBelieve

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Robert Redford

TalentDiscoveryNewVoicesStarted

I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third time's a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love.

Rodney Atkins

FamilyLoveHomeTimeParentsBaby

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.

Rush D. Holt, Jr.

KnowledgeScienceKnowPoliticians

When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they do enjoy it. I regret that I called it comedy to begin with; I should have called it 'An Evening With' or put it down as spoken word. But the emphasis is always on funny stories.

Mick Foley

FunnyPeopleRegretEveningLaugh

A lot of people relate leadership to formalities. They believe that leadership is about being professional and strong and always right and being a booming voice. I just don't buy that. I think that leadership is a soft skill; it's a people skill.

Jason Fried

LeadershipPeopleBelieveThink

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

Jason Patric

MoviesIndependentMovementMaking

I know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong.

Jonathan Safran Foer

FoodThinkWrongKnowDoneAnimals

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Dean Acheson

FutureTimeBestDayOne DayOnly

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

Annie Lennox

TwoLeftKindsArtistsPepsiWho

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.

Annie Leibovitz

PeopleMeTreatHelpfulSeemsWell

I was a late bloomer.

Alia Shawkat

LateLate BloomerBloomer

I was influenced a lot by those around me - there was a lot of singing that went on in the cotton fields.

Willie Nelson

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