Mexico Quotes - Page 4

• I attended less than two years of Conservatory in Mexico City.

  Placido Domingo

  Years, Cities, Two

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• Mexico urgently needs a series of structural reforms that will detonate its true economic potential for once and generate more public welfare.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Reform, Needs, Welfare

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• Until I came to New Mexico, I never realized how much beauty water adds to a river.

  Mark Twain

  Rivers, Water, Add

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• Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s a holiday that’s as respectful of Mexican traditions as Epcot Center’s Mexican food pavilion.

  Conan O'Brien

  Holiday, Epcot, Mexican

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• I was born in Mexico, I grew up in Mexico, and along the way, I learned to love Mexico. I think anyone who has stepped foot on this land - not to mention all Mexican people - will agree that its not difficult to love Mexico.

  Emiliano Salinas

  Thinking, Land, Feet

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• Mexico continues to make billions on not only our bad trade deals but also relies heavily on the billions of dollars in remittances sent from illegal immigrants in the United States.

  Donald Trump

  United States, Dollars, Illegal

  "Donald Trump Releases Immigration Reform Plan Designed To Get Americans Back To Work" by Matthew Boyle, www.breitbart.com. August 16, 2015.

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• Today, our planet demands a more effective, efficient, transparent and representative United Nations; a UN where all societies of the world have greater participation. The UN must then, dare to change in order to improve. In Mexico, we firmly believe that the UN has all the powers to be more daring and to renovate itself.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Believe, Order, World

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• I think it's about time we legalize marijuana... We either put people who are smoking marijuana behind bars or we legalize it, but this little game we are playing in the middle is not helping us, it is not helping Mexico and it is causing massive violence on our southern border... Fifty percent of the money going to these cartels is coming just from marijuana coming across our border.

  Glenn Beck

  Thinking, Marijuana, Games

  "Glenn Beck Calls for the Repeal of Federal Drug Prohibition" by Jacob Sullum, reason.com. May 21, 2015.

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• I met my first midget in Mexico, and he was a waiter with a sombrero on his head, filled with chips and salsa. Like I was gonna let that guy get away - I don't think so.

  Chelsea Handler

  Thinking, Guy, Firsts

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• The way America sees Mexico, if they have any sense of it, is like Taco Bell. Our countries are neighbors, and the only hard food to get in America is true Mexican. It's impossible to find, even in L.A. Why is that?

  Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

  Country, America, Mexican

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• I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it.

  Susana Martinez

  Father, Grandmother, Said

  "AP Exclusive: NM gov.'s grandfather was US citizen". www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2012.

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• When I get in the sun I get very tanned. You can't tell me from the native fishermen in Hawaii or Mexico.

  Desi Arnaz

  Hawaii, Sun, Fisherman

  Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

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• [After Easy Rider] I couldn't get another movie, so I lived in Mexico City for a couple of years. I lived in Paris for a couple of years. I didn't take any photographs, and then I went to Japan and saw a Nikon used. I bought it, and I just started, like an alcoholic. I shot 300 rolls of film. That was the beginning of me starting again.

  Dennis Hopper

  Couple, Japan, Years

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• It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.

  Monte Irvin

  Running, Home, Mvp

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• Mexico's a great place to overcome a drug addiction.

  Chelsea Handler

  Addiction, Drug, Overcoming

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• Contrary to the macho culture of Mexico, both my grandmothers were very brave young widows. I was always very close to these hard-working, intelligent women.

  Carlos Fuentes

  Hard Work, Grandmother, Intelligent

  "The Latin master" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2001.

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• New Mexico is an environment where we are open for business.

  Susana Martinez

  Environment, New Mexico

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• You're going to see crime levels in America that are going to rival that of a Third World country. Welcome Mexico City. You're going to start seeing people being kidnapped in this country like they do in other underdeveloping nations. It's going to be very violent in America.

  Gerald Celente

  Country, Cities, America

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• In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Cover Ups, Want, Rooms

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• There are a great number of Mexicans who live every day worried about the lack of employment and opportunities. Those conditions also damage the image of Mexico abroad, and that is the Mexico that must be transformed.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Opportunity, Numbers, Employment

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• Each dollar Mexico exports to the U.S. has a content of American production of 40.

  Enrique Pena Nieto

  Dollars, Productions

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• We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.

  Josefina Vazquez Mota

  Real, Party, Practice

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• When we talk about corruption, there's corruption on both sides of the border. That's what I think is interesting. I'm from Mexico, so when I see a Mexican portrayed in the American market on TV or films, you better do it right because you won't fool me. I'm sure no one really cares on this side of the border, if they get it right or not, but all the way from Mexico, to another 120 countries where the show goes, they will be able to tell the difference.

  Demian Bichir

  Country, Thinking, Differences

  Source: collider.com

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• Today I'm committed to take care of your families like I've taken care of mine. I want to make Mexico the best country to live in.

  Josefina Vazquez Mota

  Country, Taken, Care

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• The real end winner of NAFTA is going to be Mexico because we have the human capital. We have that resource that is vital to the success of the U.S. economy.

  Vicente Fox

  Real, Winner, Economy

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