A story a friend told me about being in New York and meeting this Latin-lover kind of guy. They went up to… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“One thing I never forgot from my Latin class is that a language that is descended from another language is called a… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I've been turning it over in after-dinner speeches, but it looks awkward-it's not what people are used to-it wants a good deal… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Emo means different things to different people. Actually, that's a massive understatement. Emo seems solely to mean different things to different people—Like… — Andy Greenwald Copy Share Image
One of my reasons for living in California is its close proximity to Mexico. The Latin influence is in every corner of… — Eric Burdon Copy Share Image
I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
The word comfort is from two Latin words meaning “with” and “strong” – He is with us to make us strong. Comfort… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show… — Joan Smalls Copy Share Image
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The Greeks shape bronze statues so real they seem to breathe, And carve cold marble until it almost comes to life. The… — Virgil Copy Share Image
“There is no better recreation for the mind than the study of the ancient classics. Take any one of them into your… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I'm hoping my play opens up conversations, I hope it makes people question textbooks, I hope it makes #OscarsSoWhite and #HollywoodSoWhite question… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Venezuela is independent. It's diversifying its exports to a limited extent, instead of just being dependent on exports to the United States.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The word humility (also human) is derived from the Latin humus, meaning the soil. Perhaps this is not simply because it entails… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
The Latin American Left, the criollos, direct descendents of Spaniards, they don't want to accept that they are the whites of Latin… — Bocafloja Copy Share Image
It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new,… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd… — Jennifer Grey Copy Share Image
I was never any good in the school theatrical productions. I always got a role like the March Hare. A Latin teacher… — Jacqueline Bisset Copy Share Image
For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Above my cradle loomed the bookcase where/ Latin ashes and the dust of Greece/ mingled with novels, history, and verse/ in one… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Catholicism believes in the Virgen de Guadalupe. The mother of God is worshipped, especially in Latin America. I find her very empowering.… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The Greek language seems different than other languages. I'm not the only person to think this. Usually, I come up with some… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
I'd be terrified even now for a Latin kid wanting to be an actor, but back then? Forget it. They must have… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the… — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Writers in Latin America live in a reality that is extraordinarily demanding. Surprisingly, our answer to these demands protects and develops our… — Elena Poniatowska Copy Share Image
A lot of the countries of Latin America, they may not agree on everything, from how to run your economy to human… — Margaret Warner Copy Share Image
I don't listen to a lot of music when I have my free time. But I'll go to a jazz club and… — Joshua Bell Copy Share Image
Demon mean knowledge in Greek, especially about the material world. Science means knowledge in Latin. A jurisdictional dispute is exposed, even if… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The latin word responsibility reveals its true meaning: the capacity to respond, to act. - Over-anxiety ultimately banishes every trace of joy… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Wherever I found resistance to oppression, whether in Africa, in Latin America, certainly here in America in the South, I joined that… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last… — Luis Gutierrez Copy Share Image
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Oh, you're in television! That's interesting. No, I mean, the word television is interesting. It's a hybrid, you see: tele- comes from… — Graham Chapman Copy Share Image
When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
When I first started studying Greek, one of my absolute favorite parts was realizing that so many English words had these old,… — Madeline Miller Copy Share Image
The inflated style is itself a kind of euphemism. A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Nico: "Prodigium effodio" -- what does that mean again? Vision: Excavating monster. It's Latin. Nico: Damn, how much time did you spend… — Zeb Wells Copy Share Image