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Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican Novelist
Born: Nov 11, 1929
Died: May 15, 2012
Always Am Me States Writing You
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Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. Carlos Fuentes
Independence Black Become Heritage Progressive Back Our Considered France Liberated Latin Latin America Backward Indian Triple Colonies Towards Like Looked Democratic Because Were Mexico America After Newly Spanish Republics Barbaric Them Turned England
I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination. Carlos Fuentes
Life Imagination Slice Am Want Not Interested Interested
In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics. Carlos Fuentes
Latin Latin America Atheists Catholics America Even
Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy. Carlos Fuentes
You Fight Yourself Writing Diplomacy Trouble Sense Secretary Embassy Students Had Crying She Because Imports Opposite Lady Much Who Exports
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror. Carlos Fuentes
Horror Perfect Forerunner Order
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. Carlos Fuentes
Rights Prison Human Rights Monstrous Ghraib Record Simply Abu Geneva Iraq Human Happened Conventions Violations
What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. Carlos Fuentes
Best Others States Worst Understand Does Itself United United States
I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination. Carlos Fuentes
Imagination Analogy Lot Use Film Images
I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature. Carlos Fuentes
Me Animal Everything Am Ends Literary Literature
The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. Carlos Fuentes
Needs History Black White Caribbean States Latino Indian Write Written Asian Now United United States
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. Carlos Fuentes
World Philanthropy Everyone Economic New Concerned Exercise Self-Interest New World Order Enlightened
The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others. Carlos Fuentes
Good Understanding Others States Bad Itself Very United United States
Work is what saves you. Carlos Fuentes
Work You Saves
I have no literary fears. Carlos Fuentes
Fears Literary
I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death. Carlos Fuentes
Death Me Win Looking Believe Books Would Bore Give Something Rather Like Make Readers Ready-Made Go Than Expecting Public Them Create
I love having critics for breakfast. Carlos Fuentes
Love Breakfast Critics Having
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika. Carlos Fuentes
Needs Cuba Dose
Don't classify me, read me. Carlos Fuentes
Me Classify Read
I'm a writer, not a genre. Carlos Fuentes
Writer Genre
I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive? Carlos Fuentes
Before Complain Alive About Reaching Am Died Being Children Who Who Am I Two
I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. Carlos Fuentes
Good Family Happy Having Had Knit Closely Fortune Good Fortune
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. Carlos Fuentes
Latin Latin America States Dictatorships America Century Much United United States

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