Carlos Fuentes Quotes

U.S. foreign policy is Manichaean. It's like a Hollywood movie. You have to know who has the white hat and who has the black hat and then go against the black hat.

Carlos Fuentes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme.

John Buford

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I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

Andrea Bocelli

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Having an infant is difficult. It's a lot of work, and I didn't hire any help because I overestimated my own abilities.

Megan Fox

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I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you're only getting five percent of the sound that's there. But when you hear the entire thing... I think it would save the music business. It's such a drastic change.

Tom Petty

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I actually have two children now, and sometimes I wonder if that's it. Because they do make writing and directing more complicated and more difficult, especially now that they're very young.

Diablo Cody

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It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

Pratibha Patil

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However, no two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is - in other words, not a thing, but a think.

Penelope Fitzgerald

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Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

Peter Ustinov

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By year three, you get nicer, bigger trailers.

Peter Gallagher

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I just love when the learning curve is steep. And I love being in nature, in the wild.

Peter Heller

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I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy.

Mark Kirk

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So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.

Marquis de Sade

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