Joy Quote by Luis Alberto Urrea

“Way back when I was working at the dump, I saw that, even when living among the trash, that some people would decide to choose joy in their lives.”

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I'm interested in the eternal soul. That's what I write about.

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With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.

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“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace. " No hay pedo ," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no trouble here,"…

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“This is how Heaven works. They're practical. We are always looking for rays of light. For lightning bolts or burning bushes. But God is…

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We want to ascribe a kind of tragic grimness to people, but people are funny.

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Writers write without support.

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The world was more than a place. Life was more than an event. It was all one thing, and that thing was: story.

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The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

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Of everything I have done, 'The Archers' always gets the most excitement; there's a sort of uncontrollable joy from fans of the program.

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Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.

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