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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Bobby Gonzalez

“Who we were/who we are/who we will be. Tribal poetry from warrior spirit in the heart of the South Bronx Reservation.” – Bobby Gonzalez, author of “Taino Zen,” publication date: October 4, 2014. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Paulo Freire

“Reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them.”              –   Paulo Freire (1921-1997), Brazilian educator/philospher. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez. Bobby González is a nationally … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Carlos Santana

“Live up to your convictions. You walk in grace or you walk in fear. You can’t have it both ways.”  –   Carlos Santana, Mexican-American musician. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez. Bobby González is a … Continue reading

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Latino Quote of the Day – Rigoberto Gonzalez

“My witch was a poor witch: no shoes, a black tattered dress with patches crawling over it like red and blues spiders, and a shaky black house with curtains on the window that matched her dress.”              –   Rigoberto Gonzalez, … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Luis Alvarez

“Someone who believes everything he is told simply can’t be a scientist, but someone who believes nothing will wind up in jail or prematurely buried.”   –       Luis Alvarez, Mexican-American author/educator. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez. … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Ruben Dario

“The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient;     the hard rock is happier still, it feels nothing. there is no pain as great as being alive.     no burden heavier than that of conscious life.”          –     Ruben Dario (1867-1916), … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Huichol proverb

“Human beings must learn to share the tears of every living thing, To feel in his heart the pain of the wounded animal, each crushed blade of grass.” – proverb of the Huichol, indigenous people of Mexico. Latino Quote Of … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Daniel Alarcón

“Living in this country and being able to meet Latin Americans from all over the region has given me a broader sense of a shared regional identity that I might not otherwise have in Peru.” – Daniel Alarcón, Peruvian-American writer. … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Miguel Angel Asturias

“I’m very poor; but I’ve got my work, my wife and my hut, and I don’t think I’m to be pitied….” – Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), Nobel Prize winning Guatemalan writer. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby … Continue reading

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Carlos Castaneda

“The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.” – Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998),Peruvian-American author/anthropologist. Latino Quote Of The … Continue reading

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