#spanish

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

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

Between his eyes, there were four lines, the marks of such misery as children should never feel. He spoke with that wonderful whisky voice that so many Spanish children have, and he was a tough and entire little boy. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#boy #children #entire #eyes #feel

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#collected #england #ever #food #money

I found out about the Spanish war because I was in Germany when it began. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#because #began #found #germany #i

BUT, in terms of attractiveness, speaking in terms of physical aspects only I think that Argentinean, Italian, Mexican, and Spanish men are among the most attractive men. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#argentinean #aspects #attractive #attractiveness #i

I am recording my first CD in Spanish and preparing myself for the next stage of my career. ↗

— Alicia Machado

#career #cd #first #i #i am

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#been #calculated #cavalry #consequence #force

I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#closer #come #effort #european #european union

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#children #i #me #spanish #speak