Inaki Pena Quotes

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

There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

My commitment is to continue making a Mexico where families live in an environment of peace and better security. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

Every time you go for more competition, some people don't like it, but that's the way it is. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico holds the fifth-largest shale gas reserve in the world, in addition to large deep-water oil reserves and a tremendous potential in renewable energy. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

The ocean talks to you. Especially at night. Whispering voices that never let up, not even when you sleep. ~ Matt De La Pena

Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too. ~ Matt De La Pena

There have been no voices against the structural reforms that I have proposed, especially the energy reform. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

And all the sounds you heard- the wind whipping past your ears and the ocean's whispering and the trickle of whitecaps against your boat- that was the earth's blood pumping through imperceptible veins, and some of those veins were nothing more than people like Shy or Carmen or Addie.
And when the end came it smelled like morning dew and brine and everything around you morphed into a man, and that man shined a flashlight in your eyes and kneeled down beside you to pet your hair and he said: You're gonna be okay, young fella. Now come on.
And when he lifted you into his arms and carried you like a child into a hidden cave, where you would grow back into the earth's rich soil from which you came and where you would forever belong. ~ Matt De La Pena

Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt ... you're a better witness for what's beautiful. ~ Matt De La Pena

The work is getting the work. ~ Elizabeth Pena

I've always wanted to write about the other side of the tracks, the have-nots, maybe because that's who I was. ~ Matt De La Pena

Eddie Murphy is just so off-the-cuff and can make anything funny. You hope that someday you'll acquire that skill, but maybe you're born with that. ~ Michael Pena

My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby looks back up at you and you can feel how pure and innocent it is, so much that it makes your stomach feel empty - probably 'cause you realize you used to be pure like that, too, and now you're not. ~ Matt De La Pena

I've always wanted to be able to hold my breath for like, ever, and swim in the water like a fish. ~ Carlos Pena, Jr.

I will be a president who is close to the people. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

We only reveal what we want other people to know, right? It's like we create fictional characters for the public. And inside we're somebody totally different. ~ Matt De La Pena

There is no evidence that terrorists use Mexico to cross into the United States. There have been comments to that regard, but not one of those statements has contained hard evidence. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

Mexico cannot put up with this scenario of death and kidnapping. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

My interest is to establish an agenda of engagement with Mexicans that will respond to Mexicans' most urgent needs. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

Some people watch the world with their ears. ~ Matt De La Pena

For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short. Then the Readers die one by one and the Work continues on alone, although a new Criticism and new Readers gradually fall into step with it along its path. Then Criticism dies again and the Readers die again and the Work passes over a trail of bones on its journey toward solitude. To come near the work, to sail in her wake, is a sign of certain death, but new Criticism and new Readers approach her tirelessly and relentlessly and are devoured by time and speed. Finally the Work journeys irremediably alone in the Great Vastness. And one day the Work dies, as all things must die and come to an end: the Sun and the Earth and the Solar System and the Galaxy and the farthest reaches of man's memory. Everything that begins as comedy ends in tragedy. ~ Roberto Bolano

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto

Conceptio culpa Nasci pena Labor vita Necesse mori 'Conception is sin, birth is pain, life is toil, death is inevitable. ~ Niall Ferguson

Inspiration is the key to our evolution. ~ Eddie Pena

I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss. ~ Carlos Pena, Jr.

Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author in the world. I love him so much. There's one book that informs me more than The Road - it's called Suttree. That book is a huge influence on me. I'm not smart enough to emulate him, but he inspires me. He never infiltrates my writing directly. He writes incredibly intelligently about people that are marginalized. ~ Matt De La Pena

Mexico has proven by now that it's a strong electoral democracy. Now we have to build a democracy that produces better results; if not, then you get a democracy of disenchantment. ~ Enrique Pena Nieto