Dominican Republic Quotes

26 quotes by 22 authors

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Dominican Republic is, is prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etcetera. — Pat Robertson
It might interest you that just as the U.S. was ramping up its involvement in Vietnam, LBJ launched an illegal invasion of the Dominican Republic… — Junot Diaz
For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental… — Jared Diamond
People ask me all the time how I got hired onto the Office. Another common question is how do I manage to stay so down-to-earth… — Mindy Kaling
I am Dominican American. My father was born and raised in the U.S. and his heritage is German and Eastern European, and my mother hails… — Monica Raymund
Legislation for the Caribbean basin has led to more jobs in the Dominican Republic. — Elliott Abrams
My parents, fleeing a repressive regime in the Dominican Republic, were embraced by this country and taught us to love it in return. After my… — Thomas Perez
Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in… — Bill Dedman
By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina,… — Stephen Kinzer
When I was living in the Dominican Republic, the local kids became a part of my family. — Maika Monroe
I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican… — Albert Pujols

Who Wrote These Dominican Republic Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 26 Dominican Republic Quotes as follows: