Latin Quotes - Page 19

• If you want peace, prepare for the war.

  Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

  War, Want, Ifs

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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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• 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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• Livin' la Vida Loca' is not Latin music. It does not represent Latin music what Jennifer Lopez put out. It's not Latin music. What Enrique Iglesias, it's not Latin music, no? It's Latin artists. There's a Latin artist doing it you could say.

  Marc Anthony

  Doe, Vida, Latin Music

  "Latin Music Explosion Celebrated in Latin Grammies". WorldBeat with Serena Yang, www.cnn.com. September 17, 200.

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• 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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• One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. If you looked at television, every news program had a big section on how drugs were destroying our society, becoming the greatest threat to our existence, etc.

  Noam Chomsky

  Media, Government, America

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• English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings and then the French and then the Renaissance with all the Latin and Greek and Hebrew in the background.

  David Crystal

  Greek, Vacuums, Renaissance

  "From 'App' To 'Tea': English Examined In '100 Words'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. May 25, 2012.

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• Comrade [Rafael] Correa gets it right, most of the time. This is new, 'final' offensive of the Empire in Latin America.

  Andre Vltchek

  America, Finals, Empires

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the moment is not the English spoken in England or in America or even in Canada or Australia or New Zealand. The real English is the English which is a second language, so that it's rather like Latin in the days of the Roman Empire when people had their own languages, but had Latin in order to communicate.

  William Golding

  Real, Order, America

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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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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• The philosophy of the school was quite simple - the bright boys specialised in Latin, the not so bright in science and the rest managed with geography or the like.

  Aaron Klug

  Philosophy, School, Boys

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• The fascists in most Latin American countries tell the people that the reason their wages will not buy as much in the way of goods is because of Yankee imperialism. The fascists in Latin America learn to speak and act like natives.

  Henry A. Wallace

  Country, America, Yankees

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• Since the Cuban Revolution and since the invasion of Santo Domingo a state of emergency has existed in Latin America. The Marines shoot at anything that moves, regardless of partyaffiliation.

  Regis Debray

  Moving, Marine, America

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• I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent.

  Rita Ora

  Descent, Mistaken

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• No, I had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state - though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school.

  Dan Quayle

  School, Wish, Attention

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• Imagine, there is almost no possibility for a foreign language film to be distributed in America right now. That doesn't just make the industry poorer, it makes the landscape of cinema poorer, in America. The impossibility to get a good release on a really good European, Latin American, Asian movie is a tragedy.

  Guillermo del Toro

  America, Tragedy, Asian

  Source: deadline.com

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• I grew up in England and we spent most of the time on Latin and Greek and very little on science, and I think that was good because it meant we didn't get turned off. It was... Science was something we did for fun and not because we had to.

  Freeman Dyson

  Fun, Thinking, Greek

  "Big Think Interview With Freeman Dyson". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 5, 2010.

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• Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.

  Juan Manuel Santos

  America, Europe, Littles

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• The term power comes from the Latin posse- to do, to be able, to change, to influence or effect. To have power is to possess the capacity to control or direct change. All forms of leadership must make use of power. The central issue of power in leadership is not Will it be used? But rather Will it be used wisely and well?

  Al Gini

  Issues, Use Of Power, Able

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• When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction."

  Sandra Cisneros

  Reading, Would Be, Fiction

  "Talking in Our Pajamas". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer, 2008.

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• My friend, Dennis Mathis, was reading Eastern European and Japanese experimental writers, and I brought the Latin American writers to his attention, so we exchanged books and bounced off one another.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Book, Reading, Attention

  "Talking in Our Pajamas". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. Summer, 2008.

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• We hope to organize team residencies and a conference bringing together professionals from Latin America and from other groups around the world who are also focusing on this issue. We want to bring them together so we can learn from each other, and then widely publicize our conclusions.

  Ruth Simmons

  Team, America, Issues

  "An Interview with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grantee Ruth Simmons". The Journal of International Institute Interview, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2001.

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• When we conducted focus group interviews in the first municipality in Brazil before initiating the pilot project, a woman commented: Getting an appointment in the public sector municipal health services is like "winning the lottery." I would like to make it possible for many women and men in Latin America to win the lottery and receive the type of reproductive health services they so urgently need.

  Ruth Simmons

  Winning, Men, America

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in and does leads opposite white people and black people and other Spanish people, and she's comfortable in her skin? Gasp! How dare she?

  Rosie Perez

  Opposites, White, People

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• I think Latin American cultures are really rich and fascinating. I like the pomp and circumstance of some of their rituals and ceremonies.

  Bitsie Tulloch

  Thinking, Culture, Rich

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