|

|

Advertisements

Richard Rodriguez Quotes

But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers Picture Quote #1

But America isn’t a country of family values; Mexico is a country of family values. This is a country of people who leave home Picture Quote #1

My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling Picture Quote #1

The Indians had to be either killed, or herded into reservations, which were essentially concentration camps, and forgotten. Their history had to be absolutely obliterated so that we could believe that we were living on virgin soil Picture Quote #1

I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a writer because the Irish nuns who educated me taught me something about bravery with their willingness to give so much to me Picture Quote #1

Now we have this idea that, not only do you go to first grade to learn your family’s language, but you go to a university to learn about the person you were before you left home Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Henry Ford didn’t just create a cheap way of getting away from your in-laws; he basically understood that there was something in us as a culture that wanted to be on the move, that wanted to get out Picture Quote #1

There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers Picture Quote #1

Mexico was most powerfully my father’s smile and not, as you might otherwise imagine, not language, not pigment Picture Quote #1

The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It’s in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay Picture Quote #1

A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student Picture Quote #1

Though I am alive now, I do not believe an old man’s pessimism is nessessarily truer than a young man’s optimism simply because it comes after. There are things a young man knows that are true and are not yet in the old man’s power to recollect. Spring has its sappy wisdom Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

Intimacy is not trapped within words. It passes through words. It passes. The truth is that intimates leave the room. Doors close. Faces move away from the window. Time passes. Voices recede into the dark. Death finally quiets the voice. And there is no way to deny it. No way to stand in the crowd, uttering one’s family language Picture Quote #1

I regret that I was never an athlete. I regret there isn’t time in life. I regret that so many of my friends have died. I regret that I was not brave at certain times in my life. I regret that I’m not beautiful. I regret that my conversation is largely with myself. I’m not part of the conversation of the world Picture Quote #1

As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen Picture Quote #1

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

But one does not forget by trying to forget. One only remembers (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) But America isn’t a country of family values; Mexico is a country of family values. This is a country of people who leave home (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) My decision was sparked by affirmative action. There was a point in my life when affirmative action would have meant something to me - when my family was working-class, and we were struggling. (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) The Indians had to be either killed, or herded into reservations, which were essentially concentration camps, and forgotten. Their history had to be absolutely obliterated so that we could believe that we were living on virgin soil. (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a writer because the Irish nuns who educated me taught me something about bravery with their willingness to give so much to me. (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) Now we have this idea that, not only do you go to first grade to learn your family’s language, but you go to a university to learn about the person you were before you left home. (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) Henry Ford didn’t just create a cheap way of getting away from your in-laws; he basically understood that there was something in us as a culture that wanted to be on the move, that wanted to get out. (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) Mexico was most powerfully my father’s smile and not, as you might otherwise imagine, not language, not pigment (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It’s in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) Though I am alive now, I do not believe an old man’s pessimism is nessessarily truer than a young man’s optimism simply because it comes after. There are things a young man knows that are true and are not yet in the old man’s power to recollect. Spring has its sappy wisdom (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) Intimacy is not trapped within words. It passes through words. It passes. The truth is that intimates leave the room. Doors close. Faces move away from the window. Time passes. Voices recede into the dark. Death finally quiets the voice. And there is no way to deny it. No way to stand in the crowd, uttering one’s family language (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) I regret that I was never an athlete. I regret there isn’t time in life. I regret that so many of my friends have died. I regret that I was not brave at certain times in my life. I regret that I’m not beautiful. I regret that my conversation is largely with myself. I’m not part of the conversation of the world (Richard Rodriguez Quotes) As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen (Richard Rodriguez Quotes)