"My family's story isn't special. What's special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a place where great journeys can be made in a single generation. No matter who you are or where you come from, the path is always forward."

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Source : FaceBook post by Julian Castro from Sep 05, 2012

Julian Castro

#Journey Quotes #America Quotes #Special Quotes

“I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.”
“Woman! woman! What a disturbing element you are in the universe - man's universe!”
“The success that comes from my books is not something I feel very comfortable with. Past a certain point you have to accept the idea that the success is a lot to do with the timing and luck and that divorces you from it massively. There are aspects of it that I haven't got used to at all. But I've enjoyed some parts of it massively. It relates to the same reason I did a lot of backpacking Â— partly for the experience Â— it's something to tell my grandkids. It's a weird chain of events to have in your life.”
“Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.”

Source : Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”
“If you step up the self-education curve, you will come up with more answers than you can use.”
“You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.”
“A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.”
“But you want to know about the influence of books on my life, and as I've said, there was only one. Seneca. . .Maybe that sounds dull, but the letters aren't - they're witty. I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.”

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