"The real influence on my work was reality, that of my country and Latin America in general."

-- Mario Benedetti

#Country Quotes #Latin Quotes #Real Quotes

“The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."”
“I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.”
“As all mothers know, children travel faster than kisses. The speed of kisses is, in fact, what Doctor Fallow would call a cosmic constant. The speed of children has no limits.”
“Did Alan Moore get screwed on his contract? Of course. Lots of people get screwed, but we still have Spider-Man and lots of other heroes.”
“From where you sit, it may seem that certain people should know better. People are who they are and do what they do whether or not you like it or agree with them. We each have different lessons to learn. We each take a different path to our lessons.”
“It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!”
“I was sort of a half-breed of colonization, understanding everyone because I belonged completely to no one.”

Source : Albert Memmi (2013). “The Colonizer and the Colonized”, p.12, Routledge
“I think that that phrase from the Bible is one of the best definitions of "creative." When you are creative, you are in the world in the sense that you see what it is and know its problems and possibilities. But you are not of the world in the sense that you are not caught up in external things and are coming from your inner resources to create approaches that are yours alone and have potential to change the world.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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