Luis Alberto Urrea famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Words are the only bread we can really share.
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Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.
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Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood.
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If you were born to be a nail, you had to be hammered.
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I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and personality of an accordion in three strokes. I didn't even know accordions had character. This act of generosity and wisdom from a very good writer will help anyone who is staring at a blank page, any day, any time. Highly recommended.
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The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.
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Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.
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Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.
-- Luis Alberto Urrea
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I love a sandwich that you can barely fit in your mouth because there's so much stuff on it. The bread should not be the main thing on a sandwich.
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Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
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There is something profoundly satisfying about sharing a meal. Eating together, breaking bread together, is one of the oldest and most fundamentally unifying of human experiences.
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The earth is bread we take and eat.
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Eating a slice of white bread is like eating pure sugar.
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The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.
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the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords.
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I do all this alone, everything I achieve, I achieve alone, because it's my head I'm locked into, and I share this space with nobody but myself.
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You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.
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