"I was at a stage in my life where I felt sort of comfortable being a dislocated person emotionally, feeling in some ways like a man without any particular country. I had come to a nice space with the imaginary Cuba or the imaginary America that I thought existed."

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Richard Blanco

#Country Quotes #Nice Quotes #Men Quotes

“The feeling of betrayal by the friend you trust”
“Leaders don't correct people to success as much as believe them to it.”
“My dad moved to New York after he won "Soul Train" and the car and got settled in out there and was able to step right into Dance Theatre of Harlem and felt like he was in a show called "Omnibus" and "American Dance Machine."”
“I have cried even when the laugh did choke me. But no more think that I am all sorry when I cry, for the laugh he come just the same. Keep it always with you that laughter who knock at your door and say, â€˜May I come in?â€™ is not true laughter. No! He is a king, and he come when and how he like. He ask no person, he choose no time of suitability. He say, â€˜I am here.”
“Love is a peculiar thing.”

Source : "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1838.
“Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.”
“The Concerned Photographer produces images in which genuine human feeling predominates over commercial cynicism or disinterested formalism.”
“We now have a satisfactory solution not only to coalition forces, but also to the Iraqi authorities themselves.”

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