How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics?
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There is no happiness; there are only moments of happiness.
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With grief and outrage, I have heard of the terrible attacks in Madrid this morning. I am horrified at the high number of deaths and injured. I ask you to convey our sympathy to the victims' families and the Spanish nation. Those who were injured, I wish a speedy and complete recovery.
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I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.
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Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget.
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I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
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As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.
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For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class.
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Germans are flummoxed by humor, the Swiss have no concept of fun, the Spanish think there is nothing at all ridiculous about eating dinner at midnight, and the Italians should never, ever have been let in on the invention of the motor car.
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Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
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'In the words of the Spanish philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno, 'Sometimes to be silent is to lie.' Our movement hasn't been silent but whispering at a barely audible level... it hardly represents the brutal truth!'
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Had the King of Spain employed the hands of his people, and his Spanish iron so, he had brought to light but little of that treasure that lay so long hid in the dark entrails of America.
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
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America, meaning mostly the United States, is not an easy concept to comprehend. It may be appropriate that it was discovered by a Genoese sailor, in the service of the Spanish crown, looking for some place else and that, for the next half-century, it was treated as a geological impediment to be gotten through or around in order to reach some far more profitable other side.
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Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best.
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Where one door shuts, another opens.
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Take hold lightly; let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
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When a fool has made up his mind the market has gone by
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
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Take hold lightly let go lightly. This is one of the great secrets of felicity in love.
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Discretion is knowing how to hide that which we cannot remedy.
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First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.
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The lazy man always does twice the work.
(El bago siempre pasa double trabajo)
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
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Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.
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Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.
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You win.
I never climbed Kilimanjaro. Never studied a primitive culture. Never got my pilot's license or built my own telescope. Never played with a band, or published a poem, or learned to speak Spanish. Never put away a million dollars. I didn't spend enough time with the kids (but who does?) and I never watched the sun come up from the top of Ayers Rock. I married too early. Never saw Machu Picchu. Never had enough time. And I took too many God damn orders.
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If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.
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He who is caught in a lie is not believed when he tells the truth.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.
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