Laura Esquivel The only way we’ll know where we’re going is to look at the past and to remember who we were through ceremonies and rituals. – Laura Esquivel Ceremonies Quotes Remember Quotes Rituals Quotes The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It’s a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire. Progress makes us lose the feeling of a ceremony that cooking should have. It has significantly shifted our values so that now it seems to us that only activities with an economic reward are worth pursuing.
Michael Cimino Would you ask Picasso to explain ‘Guernica?’ Would you ask Nabokov to explain ‘Lolita?’ Would you ask Tolstoy about ‘War and Peace?’ No, you wouldn’t dare. – Michael Cimino
Elizabeth Moon There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. – Elizabeth Moon
Raul Castro I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected to defend, maintain and continue to perfect socialism, not destroy it. – Raul Castro
Corinne Bailey Rae Even right in the middle of the worst times, I remember thinking that I would choose this exact life again, that I would do it all again. – Corinne Bailey Rae
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