Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguezis an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, a narrative about his intellectual development...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth31 July 1944
real revolution trouble
When a society doesn't know what to do with its young, it's in real trouble. When the young don't know what to do with society - at the very least, revolutions start there.
real thinking ideas
I don't think writers should be convenient examples. I don't think we should make people feel settled. I don't try to be a gadfly, but I do think that real ideas are troublesome. There should be something about my work that leaves the reader unsettled. I intend that.
reality thinking america
I don't deny people their fantasy life, but I do think that we desperately need to start realizing just how complicated our reality is in America. Sitcoms just don't show us that.
real commitment talking
It's no surprise that at the same time that American universities have engaged in a serious commitment to diversity, they have been thought-prisons. We are not talking about diversity in any real way. We are talking about brown, black, white versions of the same political ideology.
real italian men
But very early in life I became part of the majority culture and now don't think of myself as a minority. Yet the university said I was one. Anybody who has met a real minority - in the economic sense, not the numerical sense - would understand how ridiculous it is to describe a young man who is already at the university, already well into his studies in Italian and English Renaissance literature, as a minority.
real race class
Affirmative action ignores our society's real minorities - members of the disadvantaged classes, no matter what their race. We have this ludicrous bureaucratic sense that certain racial groups, regardless of class, are minorities. So what happens is those "minorities" at the very top of the ladder get chosen for everything.
christian new-york real
Suddenly the land is haunted by all these dead Indians. There is this new fascination with the Southwest, with places like Santa Fe, New Mexico, where people come down from New York and Boston and dress up as Indians. When I go to Santa Fe, I find real Indians living there, but they are not involved in the earth worship that the American environmentalists are so taken by. Many of these Indians are interested, rather, in becoming Evangelical Christians.
bats came complete defense played ruby sure tough
Our defense is our trademark, but we just didn't have it today. But you can't take anything away from Hanks. It sure was (their day). Ruby Garza pitched well and their bats came alive. They're a tough team, and they played a complete game.
felt good shot
It felt good when I shot it. I thought it was going in, but it was short.
area living work
If we find housing, we'll be stable. We know the area that we're living in. We'll be able to find work in the vicinities.
looked scars
She had scars all over her legs. She looked about 30 (years old).
elbow seen
It was completely packed, elbow to elbow. It was nothing like we've ever seen before.
expecting growing potential
They are expecting big things from this store. It's a growing area. The potential is astronomical.
beat good
I thought we could beat them, but he is a pretty good player.