Carlos Fuentes Quotes

I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.

Carlos Fuentes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: November 11, 1929 - May 15, 2012

Topics

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Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.

Jerry Rubin

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Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

John Lasseter

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I enjoy domestic life. Cooking gives me great pleasure, especially if I can chop vegetables slowly and think about what I'm doing and dream a little about this and that.

Siri Hustvedt

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I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.

Rose Namajunas

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No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Ruth Benedict

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The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.

Roy Moore

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Because I'm a chef, I eat out frequently, so it's hard for me to control what I consume in terms of calories. But when I'm at home, I eat what my wife cooks for me. She works hard to avoid making foods that are high in calories and cholesterol, so most of the time, she makes vegetarian dishes.

Masaharu Morimoto

HomeTimeWifeMeChefControl

The first devices to record and play back music were the phonograph and the gramophone. The gramophone's inventor: Alexander Graham Bell.

Marvin Ammori

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Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.

Misty Copeland

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I learned nothing while I was in school.

Lorraine Bracco

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Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

Louise Erdrich

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I did all this standup comedy in college, and from that point on, I tried to develop myself and get my name back out there.

Loni Love

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