Pedro Juan Gutierrez famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Life isn't long enough to enjoy and understand all at the same time. You have to decide which is more important
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It's dizzying to think how huge the world is, or to realize how tiny you are
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Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time
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Reality is always too complicated - that's why it's ungraspable.
-- Pedro Juan Gutierrez
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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It's been so long and I'm lost without you, what am I gonna do? I been needin' you, wantin' you, wonderin' if you're the same and who's been with you. Is your heart still mine? I wanna cry sometimes ... I miss you.
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Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.
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Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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It is not enough to wear an ornamental cross as a pretty decoration.
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No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.
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God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves if we were smart enough to want it.
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Sleeping. Turning in turn like planets rotating in their midnight meadow: a touch is enough to let us know we're not alone in the universe, even in sleep.
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