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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

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CARLOS SANTANA Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.
CARLOS SANTANA The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an...
CARLOS SANTANA Every day you wake up is an opportunity to go beyond, and that 's why I let my band go right now...
CARLOS SANTANA I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, ...
CARLOS SANTANA Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smili...
CARLOS SANTANA Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.
CARLOS SANTANA There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with ...
CARLOS SANTANA I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most day...
CARLOS PONCE Coming in and out of Hollywood for pilot season, I may have to thicken my accent or hear that, physi...
CARLOS PONCE I think my favorite thing is songwriting.
CARLOS PONCE I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
CARLOS PONCE I'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We'...
CARLOS PONCE I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.
CARLOS PONCE I have reached a limit in my work.
CARLOS MESA I will not be able to rule without you. You and I have the same responsibility. I do, as Bolivia'...
CARLOS MESA My government has the challenge of addressing the issue of gas. The issue of gas cannot be addressed...
CARLOS MESA I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
CARLOS MESA I want Bolivians to support their president.
CARLOS MESA We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel commi...
CARLOS MESA Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.
CARLOS MESA The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizi...
CARLOS MESA Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.
CARLOS MESA There are always lessons that can be learned from another manufacturer. You can learn from their suc...
CARLOS GHOSN Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of product...
CARLOS GHOSN In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is no...
CARLOS GHOSN I think we're going to have some difficulty in front of us. I have absolutely no doubt the next ...
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