La Pena Mexican Quotes & Sayings

He'd give anything to be out there playing instead of standing here watching. Trying to maintain this smile out of respect. He digs into his wrists some more with his nails. Breaks previously broken skin and pulls away. A smear of blood he wipes away with his other hand, rubs off across his dark jeans. Back home his mom is always on him to stop digging, but that only makes him want to dig more."
-exerpt from "Mexican White Boy — Matt De La Pena

T is true,t is certain; man though dead retains, Part of himself: the immortal mind remains. — Alexander Pope

No matter how many mistakes you've made in the past, or what sort of difficulties you struggle with now, you are destined to live in victory. — Joel Osteen

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world. — Steve Yzerman

This is me putting it simply; the politicians are one demographic and they see that Arizona is changing. I feel like the only instinct to retain power is to have education favor you. You have this Mexican American program that helps kids take ownership of their race and their power. It threatens the political powers that are in place. — Matt De La Pena

Courage is ... following your conscience instead of "following the crowd." Sacrificing personal gain for the benefit of others. Speaking your mind even though others don't agree. Taking complete responsibility for your actions and your mistakes. Doing what you know is right, regardless of the consequence. — Eric Harvey

I didn't just grow up in one environment, so it was easy for me, as a child, just to imitate and just be all these different people. — Clifton Collins Jr.

The whole guilt thing of not feeling Mexican enough was a big deal, too. On the one hand, you have your grandmother who is anointing you as a chosen one because you are light, but then you feel like you're less because you are lighter than your cousins, who are more down on the streets. You know? So that confusion was all I wrote about. — Matt De La Pena

Did not know who was messing with! — Jaxx Steel

Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace. — Benedict Of Nursia

Later on in life, you might wish that the good things which all befall in your one special year had spread themselves out a little more. — Stephen King

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away — Barry M. Goldwater

Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. — Dan Buettner

Building fast-growing, globally competitive companies is tough. — Kevin O'Leary