#liz

We’re afraid the others will think we’re agringadas because we don’t speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience. ↗

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa

#chicano #chicanos #identity #internalized-racism #experience

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#done #hear #how #i #inspiration

Nicol has great potential and there is a huge gap between her and the rest of the juniors. She needs to concentrate full time on the professional circuit from now on and it is the only way for her to realize her potential. ↗

— Jahangir Khan

#circuit #concentrate #full #gap #great

Four years into the life of my son, I realize I'm so in love with him and he's so in love with me that if I don't find that lifelong partner out there, it's okay. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#four #him #i #into #life

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#asia #civilized #going #methods #much

You cannot limit yourself to one area of specialized craft. Instead, regardless of craft, you have to charge all forms of expression that lead to the community, to other people, with meaning. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

#cannot #charge #community #craft #expression

I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me. ↗

— Thomas Kretschmann

#afraid #became #come #distance #excessive

Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#beauty #composes #distress #even #greatest

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#i #materialize #movies #never #shows

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market. ↗

— Monique Lhuillier

#dress #dresses #fill #i #looking