Raquel Cepeda Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.”
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“The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.”
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“A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.”
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“Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.”
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“Hip-hop...has been the proverbial key that's opened the door for me to roam this breathtaking planet.”
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“Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.”
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“For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.”
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“This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.”
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“Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.”
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“The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.”
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“Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.”
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“Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.”
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“I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.”
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“There are things in our blood that are just naturally passed down to us, whether we want to recognize them or not.”
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“When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.”
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“Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?”
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“Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse.”
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“I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.”
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“The hospital room was as cold as dead skin, the hallway crowded with lost souls and reeking of illness.”
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“Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.”
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“I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.”
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“Nobody, she felt, understood her-not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie - except her man.”
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“The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.”
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“While America will always, I think, feel foreign to me, New York City is my home. This is where I can construct my own identity freely and reject labels imposed on me.”
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“Janet Mock's honest and sometimes searing journey is a rare and important look into la vida liminal, one that she manages to negotiate remarkably well, with grace, humor, and fierce grit. Mock doesn't only redefine what realness means to her, but challenges us to rethink our own perceptions of gender and sexuality, feminism and sisterhood, making this book a transcendent piece of American literature.”
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“To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy”
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“If Aphrodite chills at home in Cyprus for most of the year, then Fez must be the goddess’s playground”
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“Come to think of it, maybe God is a He after all, because only a cruel force would create something this beautiful and make it inaccessible to most people”
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“Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.”
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“We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.”
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