Born Quote by Gustavo Perez Firmat Download Open image “I was born in Cuba but was made in the USA.” — Gustavo Perez Firmat ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Born Born Cuba Cuba Cuba Usa Made Usa
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My father's death took me to a place I had never been and a place I had never left. In his absence, I've had… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
“The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to… — Gustavo Pérez Firmat Copy Share Image
Teaching is my most reliable form of human contact. I love the opportunity to speak Spanish (which I don't do at home), the give-and-take… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those in which… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
My writing, such as it is, grows out of my sense of discolation, I mean, dislocation. Having lost my place, I write to find… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Literature is breathing. I teach literature the way someone else might teach First Aid. — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Every book I think will be my last one because after finishing I have the sense that I've said all I have to say,… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I am a loner by nature, and then I'm a writer, which makes me twice a loner. — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
The fact that I am writing to you in English already falsifies what I wanted to tell you. My subject: how to explain to… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
There's a Cuban saying: Bicho malo nunca muere. Loose translation: The good die young but the wicked live forever. It seems to apply to… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I dreaded having to write. I would find every possible excuse not to sit down at the typewriter (this was… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I say that being a smart writer doesn't make you a good writer. There's obviously a difference between talent and intelligence. And it may… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
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Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way. — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
