Quotes 421 till 440 of 840.
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Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics.
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Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
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Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.
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Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.
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Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.
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Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. In is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and a manly heart.
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Look out how you use proud words.
When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back.
They wear long boots, hard boots.Primer Lessons (1922) -
Look up, and not down; Out and not in; Forward and not back; And lend a hand.
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Looking back 25 years later, what I may say is that the facts have been far better than the dreams. In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to receive the full ownership of our inheritance.
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Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.
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Looking back Little Lulu was an early feminist, but at the time I just thought she was a really feisty developed comic strip character.
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Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.
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Looking back, of course, it was irresponsible, mad, forlorn, idiotic, but if you don't take chances then you'll never have a winning hand, and I've no regrets.
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Looking back, we had the hard time, but the privilege, of actually coming up playing biker bars and little bitty college bars.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.
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Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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