Escalona Casa Quotes & Sayings

'm constantly depressed by the Mexican gang members I meet in East L.A. who essentially live their lives inside five or six blocks. They are caught in some tiny ghetto of the mind that limits them to these five blocks because, they say, "I'm Mexican. I live here." And I say, "What do you mean you live here - five blocks? Your granny, your abualita, walked two thousand miles to get here. She violated borders, moved from one language to another, moved from a sixteenth-century village to a twenty-first-century city, and you live within five blocks?" — Richard Rodriguez

it's a fitting salute to a heroine who rose over bad costumes and unflattering cinematography (remember those days of relentless soft-focus?) to become the sole reason many of us watched Hindi films at one time. And all these years on, Madhuri Dixit still makes it look as easy as ek, do, teen. — Baradwaj Rangan

The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear. — Caitlyn Jenner

At 35, I'm definitely starting to feel more like a grown-up than I ever have. There's nothing in my life that is childish or whimsical. Having fun is fantastic and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work or else it's going to feel stiff. — Drew Barrymore

The important things are not worth knowing because they are useful. They are worth knowing because they are true. — Andrew Sullivan

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them! — Maggie Kuhn

I don't think that (U.S. President) George Bush ... is a man of honor, — Harry Belafonte

How I would hate the reputation of being clever at writing but stupid and useless at everything else! I would rather be stupid at both than to choose to employ my good qualities as badly as that. — Michel De Montaigne