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Alejandro
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Nobody has a tougher job than the White House chief of staff. She does the little things, sure—the personnel issues and the scheduling. She’s also right there with me on the big things. She has to do it all because she’s also the go-to
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Makes me think of Leo from The West Wing.
“Ultimately, we are all products of the experiences we have and the decisions we make as children, and it remains a peculiar detail of human condition that something as precious as the future is entrusted to us when we possess so little foresight. Perhaps that's what makes hindsight so intriguing. When you're young the future is a blank canvas, but looking back you are always able to see the big picture.”
― Nerd Do Well
― Nerd Do Well
“Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”
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“Storytelling has always been a form of resistance for generations of Latinos. Some have used it to resist assimilation; others to resist change and preserve the past.”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
“The truth is, it’s very hard to understand Latino identity without acknowledging the way it’s been fundamentally shaped and transformed by centuries of Latin American colonialism and the U.S.’s own violent history with race and racism.”
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
― Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America
“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
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