Ilan Stavans Quotes

How many different works of art have been inspired by 'Don Quixote?' Thousands. Most people enter the novel, for better or worse, through the musical the 'Man Of La Mancha.'

Ilan Stavans

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: April 7, 1961

Topics

ArtManPeopleBetterThroughBeen

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Joan Jett

FakeFriendsYouLoseNothingGot

I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. The black is sort of the bad-guy guise, so I work overtime to make people comfortable.

Joan Jett

WorkPeopleMeBlackThinkBetter

I don't like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

Joel Osteen

PeopleDownNeedUpBeatLike

Sam Walton's values are: treat the customer right, take care of your people, be honest in your dealings, pass savings along to the customer, keep things simple, think small, control costs and continuously improve operations.

Michael Bergdahl

SimplePeopleControlSmallTreat

It wasn't that there weren't menfolk in my grandmother's stories. There were lots of them but they died young or were drifters and dreamers who disappeared or turned to drink or succumbed to melancholia or slow mortal diseases. The women, on the other hand, lived a long time and were full of spit and vinegar until the end.

Sue Hubbell

WomenTimeSlowEndLongYoung

I was a tough kid. I don't punch people anymore.

Tom Sizemore

PeopleToughKidPunchAnymore

I don't really dabble into the politics of MMA too much.

Robbie Lawler

PoliticsToo MuchMMAMuchReally

I have never owned a share of stock in my life, and the only time I've double dipped into anything is at the snack tray.

Michael Moore

LifeTimeMy LifeSnackNeverShare

I don't think everyone should vote. If you have to be dragged into the polls, carried into the polls and smelling salts have to be used, you probably shouldn't be voting. However, we shouldn't be putting up barriers to voting that target certain groups.

Mo Rocca

ThinkVotingYouTargetVoteUp

I haven't had to struggle very much. I haven't paid my dues. I think I have been lucky.

Colin Firth

StruggleThinkLuckyPaidBeenDues

When I was twelve or thirteen, if you liked something that was outside of your friend group genre, you had to rationalize and explain it in some way. It's totally irrelevant, I think, now. I don't think anybody cares. Not young people, at least. Maybe journalists.

Autre Ne Veut

FriendPeopleThinkYouYoungGroup

I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.

Willie McCovey

PainCareerPlayMoreNormalKnees

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