"As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different."

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Source : "Daniel Alarcón" by Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14 & 21, 2010.

Daniel Alarcon

#Boys Quotes #Different Quotes #World Quotes

“You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself.”
“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.”
“Children truly are the family's greatest treasure and most precious good. Consequently, everyone must be helped to become aware of the intrinsic evil of the crime of abortion. In attacking human life in its very first stages, it is also an aggression against society itself. Politicians and legislators, therefore, as servants of the common good, are duty bound to defend the fundamental right to life, the fruit of God's love.”
“It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed.”
“I don't need new boots I got bluchers back down home. Eff the effing bluchers I'll buy you new adjectival effing elastic sided boots.”

Source : Peter Carey (2011). “True History of the Kelly Gang”, p.80, Faber & Faber
“If you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things. You're not really honoring the life.”
“Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.”
“Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.”

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