"To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop the neglect and harm we do as detached, mean, irresponsible adults and communities. The answer is in our hands."

--

Source : Elvira Carrizal-Dukes, www.epl.org. June 29, 2011.

Luis J. Rodriguez

#Mean Quotes #Hands Quotes #Community Quotes

“The entire room was so yellow that it looked like the sun had thrown up on the walls and wiped its mouth afterward on the dresser and curtains. ---Cole”
“The great thing about Europe is that things have not been represented [as much]. If you open the door of a bar in Brooklyn in a film you know exactly who is the mobster, who is the nice guy, who is the drunk, who's the waitress, who's the lonely heart. If you push open the door to a bar in Antwerp or Lisbon or Rotterdam, people will talk five different languages. You don't know who's who. You don't know if that guy is a banker or a mobster.”
“Baby," groaned the guy-Ted? Tad?-something like that-and crushed his lips against the side of her neck, shoving her face against the wall of the toilet stall.”
“I simply make music, and people have always been foolish enough to pay me for it. I never told them that I would have done it all for nothing.”

Source : CBS TV, 1976.
“As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my house, it's hard for me to relax. I'm too obsessed with whether everyone's having a good time.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.”
“My love for those I love -- not many -- not very many, but don't I love them so?”
“So anyway, I really enjoyed the European audiences.”

Source : "Burning brightly". Interview with Richard Hawley, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.

You may also like:

Firoozeh Dumas
Writer
Jill Stein
Physician
Luis Alberto Urrea
Poet
Piri Thomas
Writer
Rocky Anderson
American Politician
Rudolfo Anaya
Author
Sandra Cisneros
Writer
Victor Villasenor
Writer
Juan Felipe Herrera
Poet