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Mexico Quotes

When I was in Mexico and started to dream in Spanish, I knew that was a good sign that I was learning the language. It was cool Picture Quote #1

In Mexico, when we want to speak deep secrets, we drink pulgue together. It is a drink made from the cactus plant, and when you take the bottle from your mouth, it leaves a string behind, between the mouth and the bottle, like a spider’s web. It shows that the truth sticks inside Picture Quote #1

Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade Picture Quote #1

I would eventually leave the business in 1999 to work full-time as a writer, but during the previous decade, I would advise French businessmen on how to succeed in Germany; tell Americans what to do in Eastern Europe; show the Spanish how to become more like the Americans. I spent one particularly haunting year advising bankers in Mexico Picture Quote #1

Mexico is a pretty poor country, but they are maintaining a free, high quality public education system, not for everyone of course but pretty substantial Picture Quote #1

Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily Picture Quote #1

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El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America Picture Quote #1

Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide Picture Quote #1

I attended elementary school and high school in Mexico City. I was already fascinated by science before entering high school; I still remember my excitement when I first glanced at paramecia and amoebae through a rather primitive toy microscope Picture Quote #1

Peter [Norman] never denounced us, he never turned his back on us, he never walked away from us, he never said one thing against what he stood for in Mexico City, and that was freedom, justice and equality for all God’s people Picture Quote #1

The American oligarchy increasingly has less in common with the American people than it does with the equivalent oligarchies in Germany or Mexico or Japan Picture Quote #1

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It’s been the exact opposite Picture Quote #1

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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that Picture Quote #1

When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that placed us with a lovely Mexican family. We lived with them for six weeks while studying Spanish poetry and Mexican anthropology Picture Quote #1

I want to go to Lapland and see Father Christmas, and now I’ve got a child, so I’ve got an excuse. Also, I’d like to go to South America especially as I’m now living in that part of the world, in L.A. now. And I must get down to Mexico Picture Quote #1

I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish Picture Quote #1

My first job out of college was six weeks of picking fruit alongside a dozen or so men from Mexico. The orchard was in Emmett, Idaho. The men spent almost nothing on themselves. Their paychecks went directly to their families back home Picture Quote #1

Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market Picture Quote #1

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I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer Picture Quote #1

What I miss most about Mexico isn’t the food or the customs; it’s my family and the way we’d all sit around chatting together Picture Quote #1

Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. ‘Casi divas’ is a step toward a more commercially successful cinema, without the violence, blood and exaggerations. The movie reflects a more human Mexico, while remaining a chick flick, although it is not a romantic comedy Picture Quote #1

I may not remember the name of a book’s author, but let it be clear, what I will not forget is the violence, the poverty and the desperation that Mexico is living through Picture Quote #1

When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico, come from Korea, come from the Philippines, come from Salvador, and were doing really well, it motivates them to do better. The former students give them a vision of what’s possible Picture Quote #1

I did nine months in ‘Mrs. Klein’ in New York, then four months on the road. Then I did a movie directed by Philip Haas, who did ‘Angels and Insects’. We shot ‘The Blood Oranges’ in Mexico for six weeks Picture Quote #1

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Not only must we fight to end disastrous unfettered free trade agreements with China, Mexico, and other low wage countries, we must fight to fundamentally rewrite our trade agreements so that American products, not jobs, are our number one export Picture Quote #1

Georgia O’Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York Picture Quote #1

I wanted to think about ways to get an American readership concerned with what is happening in Mexico, but also to reframe it as a problem Americans share Picture Quote #1

Mexico has proven by now that it’s a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment Picture Quote #1

Anyway. Give me your ten.I’ve had sex with more than ten women in one week.Cancun. Spring Break 2004. Mexico is awesome.Uck. Is that supposed to impress me? Picture Quote #1

As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive Picture Quote #1

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When I was in Mexico and started to dream in Spanish, I knew that was a good sign that I was learning the language. It was cool. (Mexico Quotes) In Mexico, when we want to speak deep secrets, we drink pulgue together. It is a drink made from the cactus plant, and when you take the bottle from your mouth, it leaves a string behind, between the mouth and the bottle, like a spider’s web. It shows that the truth sticks inside. (Mexico Quotes) Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade. (Mexico Quotes) I would eventually leave the business in 1999 to work full-time as a writer, but during the previous decade, I would advise French businessmen on how to succeed in Germany; tell Americans what to do in Eastern Europe; show the Spanish how to become more like the Americans. I spent one particularly haunting year advising bankers in Mexico. (Mexico Quotes) Mexico is a pretty poor country, but they are maintaining a free, high quality public education system, not for everyone of course but pretty substantial. (Mexico Quotes) Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily. (Mexico Quotes) El Paso in many ways is the Ellis Island for Mexico and much of Latin America (Mexico Quotes) Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide. (Mexico Quotes) I attended elementary school and high school in Mexico City. I was already fascinated by science before entering high school; I still remember my excitement when I first glanced at paramecia and amoebae through a rather primitive toy microscope. (Mexico Quotes) Peter [Norman] never denounced us, he never turned his back on us, he never walked away from us, he never said one thing against what he stood for in Mexico City, and that was freedom, justice and equality for all God’s people. (Mexico Quotes) The American oligarchy increasingly has less in common with the American people than it does with the equivalent oligarchies in Germany or Mexico or Japan. (Mexico Quotes) When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It’s been the exact opposite. (Mexico Quotes) I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. (Mexico Quotes) When we were 15, my girlfriend Ruth Kaplan and I applied to the Universidad Ibero-Americana in Mexico City. We were accepted into a program that placed us with a lovely Mexican family. We lived with them for six weeks while studying Spanish poetry and Mexican anthropology. (Mexico Quotes) I want to go to Lapland and see Father Christmas, and now I’ve got a child, so I’ve got an excuse. Also, I’d like to go to South America especially as I’m now living in that part of the world, in L.A. now. And I must get down to Mexico. (Mexico Quotes) I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish. (Mexico Quotes) My first job out of college was six weeks of picking fruit alongside a dozen or so men from Mexico. The orchard was in Emmett, Idaho. The men spent almost nothing on themselves. Their paychecks went directly to their families back home. (Mexico Quotes) Have you ever been to Mexico City and haggled with the locals over souvenirs? Well, in Peru, you had to negotiate like that to get the freshest fish at the market. (Mexico Quotes) I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer. (Mexico Quotes) What I miss most about Mexico isn’t the food or the customs; it’s my family and the way we’d all sit around chatting together. (Mexico Quotes) Foreign audiences are used to seeing Mexico in other sorts of movies. ‘Casi divas’ is a step toward a more commercially successful cinema, without the violence, blood and exaggerations. The movie reflects a more human Mexico, while remaining a chick flick, although it is not a romantic comedy. (Mexico Quotes) I may not remember the name of a book’s author, but let it be clear, what I will not forget is the violence, the poverty and the desperation that Mexico is living through. (Mexico Quotes) When the kids see the poverty in their neighborhood, but they see these successful kids who come from the countries they come from, come from Mexico, come from Korea, come from the Philippines, come from Salvador, and were doing really well, it motivates them to do better. The former students give them a vision of what’s possible. (Mexico Quotes) I did nine months in ‘Mrs. Klein’ in New York, then four months on the road. Then I did a movie directed by Philip Haas, who did ‘Angels and Insects’. We shot ‘The Blood Oranges’ in Mexico for six weeks. (Mexico Quotes) Not only must we fight to end disastrous unfettered free trade agreements with China, Mexico, and other low wage countries, we must fight to fundamentally rewrite our trade agreements so that American products, not jobs, are our number one export. (Mexico Quotes) Georgia O’Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York. (Mexico Quotes) I wanted to think about ways to get an American readership concerned with what is happening in Mexico, but also to reframe it as a problem Americans share. (Mexico Quotes) Mexico has proven by now that it’s a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment. (Mexico Quotes) Anyway. Give me your ten.I’ve had sex with more than ten women in one week.Cancun. Spring Break 2004. Mexico is awesome.Uck. Is that supposed to impress me? (Mexico Quotes) As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive. (Mexico Quotes)

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