Desentendido Definicion Quotes & Sayings

A friend argues that Americans battle between the "historical self" and the "self self." By this she means you mostly interact as friends with mutual interest and, for the most part, compatible personalities; however, sometimes your historical selves, her white self and your black self, or your white self and her black self, arrive with the full force of your American positioning. Then you are standing face-to-face in seconds that wipe the affable smiles right from your mouths. What did you say? Instantaneously your attachment seems fragile, tenuous, subject to any transgression of your historical self. And though your joined personal histories are supposed to save you from misunderstandings, they usually cause you to understand all too well what is meant. — Claudia Rankine

When I'm challenged, I grow. I never want to be in a situation where I'm not challenged and not afraid. One of my favorite feelings is stepping into a film and knowing that I'm a little bit afraid of what I have to accomplish. — Nikki Reed

My idea of home is not necessarily a place. — Michael Kiwanuka

What kind of world will be there tomorrow? "No one knows the answer to that," Fuka-Eri said. — Haruki Murakami

Money is hard to earn and easy to lose. Guard yours with care. — Brian Tracy

Concentration is born on the practice court ... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit. — Martina Navratilova

With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate. — Spike Milligan

Soon, the Obama presidency will end, and America will have the chance to turn in a new direction. — Nikki Haley

Here's how Apple does marketing in a nutshell: Make a great product, then let people know about it. That's it. Neither aspect of that is easy, but the important thing is it has to happen in that order. It all starts with a great product. — John Gruber

I had a few pricks of conscience- seeing Henry's pajama bottoms hanging forlornly from a peg in our bedroom, his comb on he dresser, a stray white hair on his pillow- but real shame and regret were absent. In their place was a riotous sense of wonder. I'd never imagined myself capable of either great boldness or great passion, and the discovery that I had reservoirs of both astounded me. — Hillary Jordan

The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them. — David Levithan

Old One," the tenant said apologetically. "It is none of my business and I ought to die, but after all they are the children of your elder brother's son who after all is the first in the next generation after you. — Pearl S. Buck

All money is essentially merchandize. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

I'm planning to retire from salsa. I'm planning to do a farewell tour. — Ruben Blades