"The language of Mexicans springs from abysmal extremes……" — Carlos Fuentes
"The language of Mexicans springs from abysmal extremes of power and impotence, domination and resentment."
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Carlos Fuentes
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72 Quotes by Carlos Fuentes
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The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.
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In literature, you know only what you imagine
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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In the name of certainty, the greatest crimes have been committed against humanity.
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Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search…
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Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal.
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By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last…
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What America does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is to understand others.
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You, yesterday, did the usual things, just as any day, You don't know if it's worth remembering. You would prefer…
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In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first…
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Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going…
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