Oscar Hijuelos Quotes

Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with gold while the people are starving. But what elitists don't get is that for poor people, the church is their own mansion. Nightclubs fill the same function.

Oscar Hijuelos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 24, 1951 - October 12, 2013

Topics

PeopleGoldChurchYouCountryPoor

Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels.

Jim Harrison

DayEarthAngelsWouldSevenPrefer

I was pleasantly surprised to find out that pirates did wear eye patches and have peg legs and have brightly colored beads. I never knew what the beads were for. They really were for frightening and terrifying their prey.

Robert Kurson

EyeFindLegsNeverPreyOut

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

Stanley Kubrick

MusicMeaningFeelingsMoviesMore

You could arm-wrestle with a T. rex and win, but you shouldn't because it only makes them mad.

Robert T. Bakker

WinYouMadBecauseOnlyMakes

I'm very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.

Robert Whittaker

StrengthProudHeritageBloodTake

While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an aging lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi.

Ron Kind

AgingAmericaTrafficClearlyLock

I like everything to be dependable, heavy, English furniture.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

FurnitureEverythingHeavyEnglish

I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much.

Mike Ditka

HealthBelieveRestThinkHelpYou

The good news in investing is there are no HR problems. If there are no humans, there are no problems!

Mohnish Pabrai

GoodProblemsGood NewsNewsHumans

I'd love to do something a little different than 'Ted.'

Jay Harrington

LoveLittleSomethingDifferentThan

If there is a political cause, then there has to be a political solution.

Jonathan Powell

PoliticalSolutionCauseThen

I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.

Dolph Lundgren

DayMeditationDifferenceBreathing

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