Ilan Stavans Quotes

Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.

Ilan Stavans

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleWorldFamousKindBecome

Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president on very fundamental issues. The largest, for me, is education.

Jim Jeffords

EducationMeLookingI CanAhead

In anger-management training, they teach you never to hit a person - hit an object. That's what they teach you.

Jim Brown

TrainingYouPersonTeachNeverHit

People ask, 'Are entrepreneurs born, or are they made?' I think it's a combination of both.

Robert Herjavec

PeopleThinkBornAskCombination

Tank you veddy much.

Andy Kaufman

YouMuchTank

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

John Ratzenberger

PrideLearnI CanCountrySeeKids

Music is changing. I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. If the music doesn't move, then it's dead.

Trombone Shorty

ChangeMusicDoingDeadNextYears

The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me make some of the programmes I'd like to make on climate change, I bet you there would be a change of emphasis.

Robert Winston

ChangeMeYouClimate ChangeTrouble

I love making 'iCarly' - it's so much fun, and I love getting the script every week and not really knowing what insane thing I'm going to be doing. It's just like an adventure every episode; that's really fun.

Miranda Cosgrove

LoveAdventureFunDoingWeekGoing

You know what's funny to me? Attitude.

Don Rickles

FunnyAttitudeMeYouKnow

Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

Condoleezza Rice

FootballWarLikeTerritoryTaking

I would say I don't like people who are really into themselves or are very materialistic. Just always talking themselves up. Not being real is the pet peeve. Be true to yourself.

Austin Stowell

PetYourselfPeopleTalkingBe True

The definition of a stupid thing is something that if you do everything right, you still get hurt. Fire-eating and love are stupid things.

Penn Jillette

LoveStupidHurtYouRightThings

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