"Not only are the numbers of migrants entering the United States at the lowest levels in a generation, but they are now largely Central American. Four out of five border-crossers detained in South Texas are Guatemalan, Honduran or Salvadoran. They are driven by violence and poverty in their home countries and the desire for family reunification."

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Source : Source: www.salon.com

Alan Bersin

#Country Quotes #Home Quotes #Texas Quotes

“Some people think plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme.”
“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2011). “The Kite Runner: Rejacketed”, p.7, A&C Black
“Earth as we know it came into being through its four great components: land, water, air, and life, all interacting in the light and energy of the sun. Although there was a sequence in the formation of the land sphere, the atmosphere, the water sphere, and the life sphere, these have so interacted with one another in the shaping of the Earth that we must somehow think of these as all present to one another and interacting from the beginning.”
“I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.”

Source : "Chloe Sevigny: the interview" by Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2010.
“I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one day. It will happen. I'm very sure of that. I still have faith in cinema. I still believe it can affect change.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away.”
“I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.”
“When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.”

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