#mexican

In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#bind #colonists #existed #i #last

I’m asking you to give me a chance, however slim, to prove myself.” My throat tightened. “Cade…I’m not a science experiment.” “Good to know, but I rocked biology. Lab was my favorite,” he teased. “I’m serious.” “So am I. ↗

— Beth Mikell

#mexican-standoff #vol-ii #experience

Flushed with the explosive shit of a sumo wrestler who ate Mexican food. ↗

— Hillary Frank

#hillary-frank #i-can-t-tell-you #mexican-food #wrestler #food

I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#brought #every #faith #great #i

I have a real thing for Mexican directors. And I love Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. ↗

— Emma Watson

#directors #i #i love #love #mexican

In addition to the dread of Indians, Texas held out no inducements for Mexican emigrants. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#dread #emigrants #held #indians #mexican

What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next? ↗

— Alma Guillermoprieto

#day #happen #i #i wonder #left

And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican. ↗

— Alma Guillermoprieto

#border #carpentry #chances #course #cross

So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker. ↗

— Alma Guillermoprieto

#anywhere #citizen #else #feel #had

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. ↗

— Eric Holder

#american people #been #called #committed #deal