Facts about Alma Guillermoprieto

Occup.Journalist
FromMexico
BornMay 27, 1949
Age75 years

Summary

Alma Guillermoprieto is a famous Journalist from Mexico, he/she is 75 years old and still alive, born May 27, 1949.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Alma.

15 Famous quotes by Alma Guillermoprieto

Small: And, of course, millions of us cross the border to work in US homes and gardens and factories and carpe
"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"
Small: The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day
"The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day"
Small: The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and thats why the
"The left is being funded primarily by the drug traffickers who provide this tax money and that's why the guerrillas in Colombia, unlike the guerrillas anywhere else in Latin America, have been able to survive for 40 years because they have a hard, solid source of income"
Small: There is no point to samba if it doesnt make you smile
"There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile"
Small: I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revoluti
"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"
Small: I may not have a practical mind, but its very fixated on concrete things. I like detail
"I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail"
Small: Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my m
"Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter"
Small: So, you know, I always say that Im a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, Id be a ci
"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"
Small: Im an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about
"I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care"
Small: Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities
"Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me"
Small: What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the nex
"What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?"
Small: I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love
"I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens"
Small: One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language
"One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language"
Small: If youre going to be a myth or want to be a myth, youd better die young
"If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young"
Small: You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring
"You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring"