Dominican Quotes
44 quotes by 34 authors
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I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests…
— Smedley Butler
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Students may feel the criticism is harsh, but I think it's possible they haven't had criticism before. It's my job to point out when something…
— Louise Wilson
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Because I can't seem to escape it. It's a way for me to address and counter my questions about what it means to be human,…
— Junot Diaz
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The best way to help the Latino community is to give back. I love giving back; I'm quiet about God and what I do, but…
— Daddy Yankee
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I keep active because I have not announced my retirement, because that is something that takes time and you have to plan it. Plus, it…
— Pedro Martinez
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The DOCF all started when I made a trip to a local hospital in the Dominican Republic. I was visiting children who had received life-saving…
— David Ortiz
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I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National…
— Smedley Butler
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It's going to be crazy. I'm guessing when we play against the Dominicans, half the field will be Dominican fans and half will be Puerto…
— Carlos Beltran
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The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything…
— Timothy Radcliffe
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I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there…
— Michelle Rodriguez
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A Dominican monk, Father Henri Didon, used it as a watchword for his pupils in sports at Arcueil College in Paris. Baron Pierre De Coubertin,…
— John Wooden
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I have never injected myself or had anyone inject me with anything. I have not broken the laws of the United States or the laws…
— Sammy Sosa
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Im a big fan of Caribbean food, Spanish food, Dominican food - like rice and beans. Hot sauce just adds a different layer of boom…
— Theophilus London
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I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew…
— Pope Francis
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The Dominican Republic says 'We're black behind the ears.' And in Mexico, 'there's a black grandma in the closet.' They know, they've just been intermarrying…
— Henry Louis Gates
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For my first three books the setting (or place if you will) has always been a given - N.J. and the Dominican Republic and some…
— Junot Diaz
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I was neither black enough for the black kids or Dominican enough for the Dominican kids. I didn't have a safe category.
— Junot Diaz
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I'm just this Dominican kid from New Jersey.
— Junot Diaz
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I have a very powerful sense of place, but I have a very powerful sense of being a migrant, so it's both. It seems like…
— Junot Diaz
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I write for the people I grew up with. I took extreme pains for my book to not be a native informant. Not: 'This is…
— Junot Diaz
Who Wrote These Dominican Quotes
34 authors contributed a total of 44 Dominican Quotes, led by these top contributors: