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I hope I'm not just looked as a writer that is popular but as a writer of literary value.
Sandra Cisneros
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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
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What you're going to be asked to do is bigger than what you think you can do. It's always bigger than what you think you can handle, but you're never going to be given something you can't handle.
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I realize that it's like spices in the kitchen. I need that turmeric. I'm sorry, but cinnamon isn't going to substitute . I feel that I can teach my listener about a new word they can use too. Well, what words are part of my own community, even if I'm monolingual, that I'm not allowing myself to use in a public sphere?
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I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.
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I'm not afraid to say what I'm afraid of. Does that make me fearless?
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You'll change. You'll see. Wait till you meet Mr. Right.
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