Luis Alberto Urrea quotes
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“Words are the only bread we can really share.”
-- Luis Alberto UrreaSource : Luis Alberto Urrea (2002). “Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life”, p.58, University of Arizona Press
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“Death is alive, they whispered. Death lives inside life, as bones dance within the body. Yesterday is within today. Yesterday never dies.”
-- Luis Alberto UrreaSource : Luis Alberto Urrea (2006). “The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel”, p.11, Hachette UK
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“Everybody knew that being dead could put you in a terrible mood.”
-- Luis Alberto UrreaSource : Luis Alberto Urrea (2006). “The Hummingbird's Daughter: A Novel”, p.8, Hachette UK
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“If you were born to be a nail, you had to be hammered.”
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“I once made the mistake of writing a story with David Corbett. The man smoked me. He can delineate the character and personality of an accordion in three strokes. I didn't even know accordions had character. This act of generosity and wisdom from a very good writer will help anyone who is staring at a blank page, any day, any time. Highly recommended.”
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“The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.”
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“Laughter is a virus that infects you with humanity.”
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“Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.”
-- Luis Alberto UrreaSource : Luis Alberto Urrea (1993). “Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border”, Anchor
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Source : "Adrianne Palicki: The Woman of Your Dreams". Interview with Gerilyn Manago, www.menshealth.com. March 29, 2013.
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“Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.”
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“I never talked to anyone about my reading; the need to share came afterwords.”
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Source : "Barry Levinson on ‘Killing Fields’ and True Crime Storytelling". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 26, 2016.
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