"The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States."

-- Carlos Fuentes

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“The music began, passages of immense technical complexity fluidly bridging Caravaggioâ€™s chiaroscuro with Renoirâ€™s impressionism. The gloom and shadows of claustrophobic chambers contrasting with the vibrant radiance of a wide-open landscape. The realism of humanity down to its dirty nails and rotten wounds combined with the fleeting sanguinity of the moment.”

Source : Ella Leya (2015). “Orphan Sky”, p.131, Sourcebooks, Inc.
“Journalism taught me how to write a sentence that would make someone want to read the next one. You are trained to get rid of anything nonessential. You go in, you start writing your article, assuming a person's going to stop reading the minute you give them a reason. So the trick is: don't give them one.”
“Everything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance. That's why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance. Balance can keep the world's peace. I think that's a very good thing.”
“Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.”
“Nothing is irresistible. There is no feeling that is irresistible.”
“Rock and roll is the new pornography.”
“I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.”
“In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.”

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