Quotes of: Latin-women Keyword

Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept a secret by women in one very remote county in China for a thousand years. It's the only language that was invented and used by women ...

Lisa See

Women are just like cats -- they always land on their feet.

Iranian

Men and women sleep on the same pillow, but they have different dreams.

Mongolian

Women are like raindrops: some fall on palaces, others on ricefields.

Vietnamese

A succubus on the set. Strike that, the health-conscious kid sister made it two… succubuses. Succubusees? Succubi? Stupid Latin correspondence course.

Blood Rites

Two kinds of people always lie about their ages: actresses and Latin American pitchers.

Beautiful Ruins

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone.

Hilaire Belloc

Latins are predisposed to thinking about the past. Catholicism has a lot to do with it because Catholicism is a contemplation of the past, of symbols that are supposed to be eternally present.

Oscar Hijuelos

Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.

Oscar Isaac

In fact, eloquence in English will inevitably make use of the Latin element in our vocabulary.

Robert Fitzgerald

I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

Salma Hayek

I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

Sebastian Pinera

No child should be left behind - I've heard this from President Obama. And here, we say in Latin America, no country should be left behind.

Sebastian Pinera

I spent my last year of high school in Latin America, and there's a edge of salsa under all of my rhythms.

Stephen Stills

I've never gone for the smooth, suave Latin or French lover. That usually makes me think they're trying to pull one over on me.

Tricia Helfer

I'd studied Latin for five years now, which meant that I could, on rare occasions, actually translate something.

Kate Hattemer

I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel's 'Pavane pour une infante defunte' but I couldn't remember if it's a tune or Latin prescription for piles.

Les Dawson

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

Rosie Perez

I think we can all agree that the official language of the United States should be Latin.

Michel Templet

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.

Noam Chomsky

It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.

Noam Chomsky