I'm first generation in the country - my family's Mexican.
Manny Montana
Recitation: by Male by Female
There are uses to adversity, and they don't reveal themselves until tested. Whether it's serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents who speak limited English, difficulty can tap unexpected strengths.
Sonia Sotomayor
AdversitySimpleParentsSpeak
I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.
Riyad Mahrez
PeopleSaidNeverGoingMakeWho
This is what I think is fun about fiction - you get to use as much history as you want as scaffolding and then go beyond it and change it and mutate it.
Robin Sloan
ChangeHistoryFunThinkYouWant
I own two beautiful homes, and I'm always half-expecting the cops to pull in, seize me with firm compassion, and escort me out.
MaryJanice Davidson
BeautifulCompassionMeSeizeOut
It may be for 20 or 30 years no one has yet been able to decide the length of the life of the black bass.
Jay Cooke
LifeBlackYearsDecideMayBass
Your heart weeps a little bit when you have to say goodbye to a crew you spend two months with, but when it comes to the part, when you live so close to someone for two months, it kind of fades away and then you see her again on screen later on.
Josephine de La Baume
LiveHeartGoodbyeSomeoneYouKind
We try to buy from living artists because we love to understand why they are painting or sculpting and get into their minds.
Jorge M. Perez
LovePaintingLivingWhyUnderstand
For a lot of kids, reading is not magical. It's really hard work.
Jon Scieszka
WorkHard WorkReadingHardMagical
I only dance when I go out.
Diane Kruger
DanceGoOutOnly
I started wrestling when I was 35, but my career didn't take off until I was 40.
Diamond Dallas Page
CareerWrestlingTakeStartedOff
Recently, I was preparing to sing Springsteen's 'If I Should Fall Behind' for a wedding and was unable to get through it without tears. My wife handed me 'Love You Forever.' I read it. I cried. But that cry somehow cured me of crying while singing the song. Go figure.
Clyde Edgerton
LoveWifeMeTearsSingingSong
Any one of my shoes that I had, you knew that, night in, night out, I gave my teammates and my fans everything that I had.
Allen Iverson
ShoesNightYouTeammatesEverything
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