Latin Quotes - Page 16

• Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or "Umbrella" or whatever "revolutions", some more coups, "regime changes", direct invasions, bombing, propaganda warfare against China, Russia, Iran, South Africa and what is left of the Latin American revolutions. There would be plenty of torture in "secret centers", but it would not be as advertised and glorified as it would be if [Donald] Trump were elected.

  Andre Vltchek

  Russia, Iran, Color

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested heavily in social programs such as literacy, health clinics, and education. He promoted Venezuela's indigenous culture and urged compatriots to take pride in its pre-Columbian history. He called time on the US treating Latin America as its backyard.

  Rory Carroll

  Country, Heart, Pride

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• Actually, there are people from all ove - not just Latin America, certainly not just Cuba, but all over Europe, all over the United States. I like that. I like knowing a lot of different types of people. And I can afford to live in a relatively safe part of Miami.

  Dave Barry

  Europe, Knowing, America

  "All I Think Is That It's Stupid". Interview with Glenn Garvin, reason.com. December, 1994.

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• Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Strong, Thinking, Years

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• There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music.

  Prince Royce

  Two Sides, Roots, Important

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• The word spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath" - spiritu - and the origin of the word spirituality has to do with breath and life force, the mysteries of the ancients and all this. The word is very suspect in much of the art world - the Western art world. Certainly, spirituality has become divorced from religious.

  Chris Martin

  Religious, Art, World

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• Industrialized countries have disproportionately more cancers than countries with little or no industry (after adjusting for age and population size). One half of all the world's cancers occur in people living in industrialized countries, even though we are only one-fifth of the world's population. Closely tracking industrialization are breast cancer rates, which are highest in North America and northern Europe, intermediate in southern Europe and Latin America, and lowest in Asia and Africa.

  Sandra Steingraber

  Country, Cancer, America

  "Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment". Book by Sandra Steingraber, 1997.

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• In my dealing with my child, my Latin and Greek, my accomplishments and my money stead me nothing; but as much soul as I have avails. If I am wilful, he sets his will against mine, one for one, and leaves me, if I please, the degradation of beating him by my superiority of strength. But if I renounce my will, and act for the soul, setting that up as umpire between us two, out of his young eyes looks the same soul; he reveres and loves with me.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Children, Eye, Umpires

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.168, Penguin

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• Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has changed. It is not as Neruda used to say, that a Latin American writer walks around with the body of his people on his back. Now, we have citizens, we have public means of expression, political parties, congress, unions. So, the writer's position has changed, we now consider ourselves to be citizens - not spokespeople for everybody - but citizens that participate in the political and social process of the country.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Country, Party, Mean

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)
  The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all.

  Virgil

  No Hope, Doomed, Written

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• The Americans only like things they can label, even if it kills them. Think of those poor Latin American writers. Some of them are very good. But the "magical realism" label has absolutely ruined them. The critics are like tourists who return from a trip saying they've "done" Machu Picchu: "Okay, we've done magical realism," so now we can throw it out.

  Gore Vidal

  Thinking, Done, Poor

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It is very unusual for someone from Latin American society to openly stand by his homosexuality. In my hometown, there are still lots of prejudices against gays. We are often not considered to be fully-fledged people. The family is sacred there; having children means more than anything else.

  Orlando Cruz

  Children, Mean, Gay

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• One of the reasons why I agreed to do commercials is that they gave me complete freedom. I just had to have the car in it and write a story around it. I wanted to do something serious set in a Latin American country, but again, it was an exercise in style for me.

  Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

  Country, Writing, Exercise

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The American influence is not so aggressive anymore. The American big business influence in Latin America is not as strong, so people can vote and they can have a different life than before. They can have more liberal, more interesting, and more democratic governments.

  Costa-Gavras

  Strong, Government, America

  Source: progressive.org

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• Latin America is part of the world which was for many years condemned to the system of power where intimidation had more strength than the vote.

  Eduardo Galeano

  America, Years, World

  Source: apracticalpolicy.org

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• To me, being Latin is about more than your looks - it's how you're brought up.

  Bella Thorne

  Looks

  "Bella Thorne Talks About Her Latin Roots, Her Signature Red Hair, and Tres Leches Cake". Interview with Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. March 26, 2015.

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• If you want peace, prepare for the war.

  Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

  War, Want, Ifs

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• The favor for the favor or One hand washes the other.

  Petronius

  Hands, Favors

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• There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists... Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.

  Evo Morales

  Hurt, America, Communist

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Someone might say about a person, "Oh, they are a 'Westerner." But who are Westerners? Greek, Bulgarian, German, English, Scandinavian, Spanish, American, Latin. All different nations, all different people. Different individuals live in the West. There's no such thing as "West" just as there's no such things as "East." What is "East?" Turkey, Iran, China, India, Japan. They are all different. They are all unique.

  Burhan Sonmez

  Unique, People, Greek

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• At the time Latin America was composed only of colonies. We were up against the biggest army of the colonial world, the Napoleonic army. Haiti was ostracized for almost a century. Surviving in that international context is in itself a feat.

  Michele Montas

  Army, America, World

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.

  Susan Sarandon

  Mirrors, Doors, Catholic

  Interview with George Saunders, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 27, 2016.

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• Jennifer Lopez has been very much in the news because of her divorce from Marc Anthony, also a top singer, a top player in Latin music, her joining the cast of judges on "American Idol." But the music has not been at the forefront.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Divorce, Player, Idols

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• The United States is using its war on drugs as an excuse to expand its control over Latin America.

  Evo Morales

  War, America, Drug

  "'Capitalism Has Only Hurt Latin America'". Interview with Jens Glüsing, Hans Hoyng, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

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• I would invite all Latin people to do nothing for about two weeks so you can see who really, really is running the economy I am here to give voice to the invisible.

  Carlos Santana

  Running, Two, Voice

  "Latino Celebrities Speak Out For Immigration Reform" by Elizabeth Llorente, www.foxnews.com. May 17, 2011.

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