“What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?” IfsHappensNextLeftWonderOne DayCalifornia Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
“I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news.” IfsThinkingYearsLongSeemsChildhoodRevolutionNewsI RealizedTraveledCubanHavanaCuban RevolutionDaily News Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
“And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpentry shops and restaurants, and if you go to a restaurant pretty much anywhere in the United States, the chances are that the dishes will be washed by a Mexican.” IfsStatesHomeCoursesChanceUnitedMillionsUnited StatesGardenCrossesBordersRestaurantsShopsFactoriesDishesWorkplaceMexicanChances AreCarpentry Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
“So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker.” IfsKnowsFeelsHouseCitizensMexicanManhattanNew Yorkers Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
“There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile.” IfsHappinessJoyLaughterSmileNo PointMake You SmileSamba Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
“If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young.” IfsWantYoungDiesMythDie Young Author:Alma Guillermoprieto
