Ilan Stavans Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda. – Ilan Stavans Cervantes Quotes Che Quotes Disinterring Quotes Evita Quotes Famous Quotes Federico Quotes Garcia Quotes Guevara Quotes Happened Quotes Hispanic Quotes Lorca Quotes Neruda Quotes Pablo Quotes People Quotes Sport Quotes The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain’s Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn’t have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers. I have always considered it a beautiful metaphor that Cervantes had no fixed address in Spain. He is thus everywhere and nowhere. There are a number of sites connected with his life, but none attract hordes of travellers the way Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in London draw Shakespeare aficionados.
DesignMoviesTrent Reznor Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look. – Trent Reznor
Mary Lou Williams I have been tied up with music for about as long as I can remember. By the time I was four I was picking out little tunes my mother played on the reed organ in the living-room. – Mary Lou Williams
Ali Daei I think I would play well in England. With my height I am suited to the long ball and with the kind of crosses they put in, in England I think it would be better for me to play there. – Ali Daei
GreatLearningWalt Whitman Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? – Walt Whitman
Barbara KingsolverCourageThankful Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that’s brave. I never get over being thankful for that – for the courage of my readers. – Barbara Kingsolver
Dale Steyn I’m lucky because not only do I have the chance to experience the thrill of winning, but I also get to bowl really fast. Those two things are the best feelings in the world, better than any drugs – not that I’ve tried any. – Dale Steyn
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