"I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society."

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Source : "A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. 1987.

Carlos Fuentes

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“And the Arabs are the biggest owners now of media in the United States, okay, and over stock exchanges. And in many major U.S. cities theyâ€™re the majority owners.”
“Never in these long years have we offered any other prayer but this: Lord, grant to our people peace at home, and grant and preserve to them peace from the foreign foe!”
“As long as I have work then I'm not going to die, cause work is a living spirit in me - that which wants to connect with other people and pass on something to them which they can use in their own lives and grow from.”
“My belief is that you should take stills of what doesn't seem to move, and take movies or videos of [what] does.”
“I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.”
“Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.”
“All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VIâ€”at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would be like, 'Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile!”
“The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.”

Source : "The Red Baron".

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