Ilan Stavans Quotes

'Hispanic' was the term adopted by the government - by the Nixon government in particular - and that made the community feel it was being branded.

Ilan Stavans

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CommunityGovernmentFeelHispanic

If you told me I was going to live to 240, I would take 10 years off and try and act. I don't have that kind of time, so I'd much rather stick to playing guitar.

John Mayer

LiveTimeMeGuitarYouKind

It eventually ends, and that's what I think a lot of athletes forget. It's 10 years after the Olympics, and you won the Olympics, and that's great, but no one cares.

Max Aaron

GreatThinkYouForgetYearsCares

To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well.

Andy Taylor

DownPlayNewOldUpWell

Future's a workaholic. That's definitely the most hard-working artist I know.

Metro Boomin

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To truly utilize the full potential of every person in our nation, our laws and representation must track the needs, concerns, and goals of the Latino community.

Tony Cardenas

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All Boston songs are fairly difficult to translate to the stage. None of them are especially easy to play or sing. A lot of them, of course, have very involved arrangements with lots of different sounds and sections that are difficult to play and sing. The prospect of doing any Boston song live is always an endeavor in itself.

Tom Scholz

LiveSongDoingEasyPlayDifficult

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

Mary Martin

WorkCommunicationWordsSubstitute

Everyone's got something that they've held onto from their childhood or from a past relationship, someone who's told you what you are, and it's leaving all that behind and living a happy life and realizing that a lot of that is inside you - really uncovering that. The story - those themes - are heavy themes that everyone can connect to.

Joshua Henry

LifeRelationshipChildhoodPastYou

My expectations for myself were never high. I had a very unusual way of writing songs and of thinking about music. I wasn't at all like Bob Dylan or Simon and Garfunkel. I was completely different - I didn't have a David Geffen at my side.

Don McLean

MusicMyselfWritingThinkingWay

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.

Clifton Fadiman

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It is our responsibility as Americans to provide for the families of those who have died to defend our nation. Raising the military death benefit is not a Democrat or Republican issue - it is an American issue.

Brian Baird

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As soon as I started dancing at 14, I knew I was always going to be a professional dancer.

Anton du Beke

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