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“En lugar de seguir avanzando por su propio camino y buscar soluciones asiáticas a sus problemas, Asia importa sin discriminación algunas fórmulas de éxito ajenas. Modernización significa occidentalización y, con ello, Asia pierde definitivamente la conciencia de si misma.”
― Un adivino me dijo...
― Un adivino me dijo...
“Singapur es el Belén de la nueva gran religión: la religión del consumismo, del bienestar material, del turismo de masas. Ya no hay necesidad de catedrales o mezquitas. Los hoteles son los nuevos templo.”
― Un adivino me dijo...
― Un adivino me dijo...
“(Mothers) They lose their children's love. Reunited, they end up in conflict homes. Too often, the boys seek out gangs to try to find the love they thought they would find with their mothers. Too often, the girls get pregnant and form their own families. In many ways, these separations are devastating Latino families. People are losing what they value the most.”
― Enrique's Journey
― Enrique's Journey
“Lourdes has decided. She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home. She will be gone for one year - less, with luck - or she will bring her children to be with her. It is for them she is leaving, she tells herself, but still she feels guilty.”
― Enrique's Journey
― Enrique's Journey
“Cada vez que se levantan los cimientos de una casa nueva o que se excava un pozo, se prepara un altar dedicado al Espíritu de la Tierra para excusarse por las molestias causadas por el trabajo y pedirle protección para los tiempos venideros.”
― A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
― A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East
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