Incas Quotes

• The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Sarcastic, Boat, Peruvians

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• I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

  Tahir Shah

  Hands, Gains, Upper Hand

  Tahir Shah (2013). “House of the Tiger King Paperback”, p.46, Lulu.com

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• America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already lived there including very developed societies such as the Incas, the Aztecs, and the Mayans. But then came the European vision that saw the conquest as a source of advanced growth away from medieval Europe. The new revolutionary bourgeois trend formed a new perspective on what was democracy that they saw as an improvement to the democracy of ancient Greece.

  Alejandro Castro Espin

  Europe, America, Perspective

  "The Future of Cuba". Interview with Lasonas Pipinis Velasco, www.counterpunch.org. February 27, 2015.

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• America may not realize it yet, but Latin prototypes are being created right now, and not just by me. They are these mambo kings and salsa queens, Aztec lords and Inca princesses, every Hernandez and Fernandez, whom this country will one day come to understand and respect.

  John Leguizamo

  Country, Queens, Kings

  The New York Times, July 14, 1991.

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• Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.

  Paul Simon

  Song, Strong, Bridges

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