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latin america united-states
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. Carlos Fuentes
latin america independence
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.
latin greek vacuums
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
latin europe knowing
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
latin mean science
Demon mean knowledge in Greek, especially about the material world. Science means knowledge in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if we look no further Carl Sagan
latin men lovers
We Latins make splendid lovers and splendid older men. Cesar Romero
latin valentine believe
If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.
latin hate men
If you teach the Negro that he has accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without regard to race. Such an effort would upset the program of the oppressor in Africa and America. Play up before the Negro, then, his crimes and shortcomings. Let him learn to admire the Hebrew, the Greek, the Latin and the Teuton. Lead the Negro to detest the man of African blood--to hate himself. Carter G. Woodson
latin opportunity america
I am convinced that all this poverty in Mexico and in Latin America, like it's happening in China is the opportunity to grow. It's an opportunity for investment; it's an economic activity and to take out poverty is the best investment any person or a person can do in any place. Carlos Slim
greek democracy acropolis
The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day. David Sedaris
greek-poet undergo
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal. Menander
greek
For my part, it was Greek to me. William Shakespeare
greek way asking
Do you have any Greek in you? That was just a tactful way of asking if you're pregnant. If you're not, then let's break up. Demetri Martin
greek musical tragedy
I've come to realize that life is not a musical comedy, it's a Greek tragedy. Billy Joel
greek yeah questioning
So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so. Eddie Izzard
greek possibility impossibility
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. Aristotle
greek means poet
Poet in Greek means maker. It's the idea of making something that has never been made before. Amanda Cunningham
greek littles chickens
I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] Augusten Burroughs
vacuums done bathroom
If I'm stuck, I get up from my chair and I wash windows. Or... clean the bathroom. Or vacuum the attic. There's always something to be done.
vacuums sometimes stills
Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks. Dennis Ritchie
vacuums speculation
Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Baruch Spinoza
vacuums loud cleaners
It sounded like a very loud vacuum cleaner behind us. David J. C. MacKay
vacuums head-of-state statesmen
Nature abhors a vacuum, even in the heads of statesmen. Clare Boothe Luce
vacuums matter consciousness
Deep down the consciousness of mankind is one. This is a virtual certainty because even in the vacuum matter is one; and if we don't see this, it's because we are blinding ourselves to it. David Bohm
vacuums
No one acts or experiences in a vacuum... R. D. Laing
vacuums cracks behavior
I had a terrible temper, after all, and though it rarely erupted, when it did it frightened me and anyone near its epicenter. It was the only crack, but a disturbing one, in the otherwise vacuum-sealed casing of my behavior. Kay Redfield Jamison
vacuums secrecy paranoid
Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation. Max Brooks