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Quotes by Mexican Authors
"Social criticism begins with grammar and the re-establishing of meanings."
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"In Mexico you have death very close. That's true for all human beings because it's a part of life, but in Mexico, death can be found in many things."
"We are free, truly free, when we don't need to rent our arms to anybody in order to be able to lift a piece of bread to our mouths."
"When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly."
"The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold."
"My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood."
"And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pain again. What a courageous man! So I have to think that pain is a blessing."
Pain,
"Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology."
"On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the audience."
"All praise to the masters indeed, but we too could produce a Kant or a Hugo."
"I mean, a Mexican boy couldn't be anything else but an Indian. And why did you take the name of Quinn, they used to say to me. Hey, you're an Indian, so I played Indians."
Name,
"There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them."
"I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue."
"I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform."
"I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion."
"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."
"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."
"And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican."
"When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight."
"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."
"We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux."
"We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them."
"The other thing that I started doing for myself was, I went through my diary of ideas that I keep and made sure that the translation of the comic to the movie was good."
"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration."
"You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world."
"We would betray Mexicans' hopes for change if we felt satisfied with what we've accomplished so far."
"Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there."
"Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand."
"Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you."
"For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made."
"One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language."
"And I loved Frank Lloyd Wright. I think he was the greatest man I have ever met in my life."
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