#con

Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever information I gave them to the Russian authorities. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#completely #contact #continuous #except #gave

Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#both #brave #close #contrary #culture

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

Under the veneer of Westernization, the cultures of the Indian world - which have existed for 30,000 years! - continue to live. Sometimes in a magical way, sometimes in the shadows. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#cultures #existed #indian #live #magical

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#conventions #geneva #ghraib #happened #human

Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#demands #done #else #except #nothing

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character. ↗

— Daisy Fuentes

#awe #been #character #concentrate #everybody

I submit to you, Mr. President of Congress, my formal resignation as president of the republic. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#formal #i #mr #president #republic

We expect that in the next years, the economy will improve. And we expect that extreme poverty will drop from 22 percent to 11 percent by the year 2000. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#economy #expect #extreme #extreme poverty #improve

I don't think men approach me for intellectual conversation. ↗

— Megan Fox

#conversation #i #intellectual #me #men