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Quotes About Carmen

I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
~ Owen Benjamin
But her relationship with food was all about being Carmen of Seville. It was her truth, her statement to the world. And she didn't care if she had to use her beauty queen smarts to get people too take a bite- because once they had a taste of her flavors, of the garlic and olive oil and pinches of smoked paprika, pimentón ,they would know. Carmen Vega wasn't just another pretty face. She was an artist.
~ Kate Jacobs
It had been illuminating to watch Carmen really dig in and cook without commercial interruption, without cameras. Her pout was gone, replaced by a look of studious concentration, and she had chopped and minced and blended spices to create amazing bursts of flavor. The sofrito she had made, saucing together onion, tomato, and garlic in olive oil, had elevated the toasted chicken into a fragrant and unforgettable dish.
~ Kate Jacobs
It was definitely something beginning with "C." Crappy, cloudy, and cluttered? Cheap, cheery, and crud? Carmen frowned. "Clean! Clear! Curated!" said Mrs. Marsh, after waiting on a pause.
~ Jenny Colgan
The Mexican woman bring you in?" Josh asked. "Mrs. Greer," Reacher said. "Mrs. Greer is Rusty," Billy said. "She didn't bring you in." "Mrs. Carmen Greer," Reacher said. Billy said nothing. The guy called Josh just smiled.
~ Lee Child
A man walks into a bar and sees a pretty girl sitting alone at the bar. "Hi, what's your name?" he asks. "Carmen," she says. "I had my name changed from Stephanie to Carmen because I love cars and I love men. What's your name?" He thinks for a second and says, "Beersex.
~ Scott McNeely
My favorite hip hop album would be the 'Miseducation of Lauren Hill.'
~ Carmen Carrera
I'd love to play Carmen - it's the perfect mezzo role.
~ Katherine Jenkins
I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.
~ Nina Arianda
Baile La Carmen está bailando por las calles de Sevilla. Tiene blancos los cabellos y brillantes las pupilas. ¡Niñas, corred las cortinas! En su cabeza se enrosca una serpiente amarilla, y va soñando en el baile con galanes de otros días. ¡Niñas, corred las cortinas! Las calles están desiertas y en los fondos se adivinan, corazones andaluces buscando viejas espinas. ¡Niñas, corred las cortinas! * * * * *
~ Federico Garcia Lorca
I don't have the freaking energy to write a memo. I'm out there saving lives.
~ Carmen Yulin Cruz
end) CLAUDIA There are definitely a lot of very important lessons to be learned from The War. But I can't think of what they are right now, and I have to go meet Sophie and Carmen at Starbucks in ten minutes to strategize the best way to handle the Jens situation.
~ Geoff Rodkey
I'm seriously beginning to worry about you guys," Willow sighed from the arm chair and looked up from her laptop with discord, "Being asked out in the middle of a hurricane is not romantic. It's totally reckless and irresponsible." "And totally hot," added Carmen.
~ Kristen Day
We spent afternoons together speeding across the Swiss mountains, blaring Schubert on the car stereo.
~ Carmen Bin Ladin
Las cuentas claras y el chocolate espeso, ése es mi lema, Manolo, ya puedes darte por enterado». El
~ Carmen Posadas
Music on," he ordered, and the swelling sounds of the aria from Carmen he'd already programmed into the entertainment system filled the room. Gorgeous, he thought
~ J.D. Robb
Carmen Cardoso believed the most dangerous tale of all: the one of the prince who would save her.
~ Guillermo del Toro
Love came easy, but it just wasn't for me. It flew away like swallows on a summer evening. Love sang softly, but it just wasn't to me. Was I a fool to give my love, to give my soul, and more away? My heart aches with longing, cries each night, As I just fall apart. —Carmen, singing Love Has Flown Away
~ Walter Dean Myers
My attention was drawn to the spots on my chest when I was in the bath, singing, if I remember rightly, the Toreador song from the opera Carmen.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
FYI: There's no such place as Carmen, San Diego.
~ Unknown
something . . ." So colorful. Not romantic—no, one couldn't call it that; if anything perhaps a trifle sordid. Carmen, herself, for instance, no better than she should be. In fact, if one were frank, worse. And the other girl, the young one; it was difficult to feel sorry for her. Her
~ Unknown
Geography was my best subject but that was only because of the game 'Carmen Sandiego.' I chased her all over the world.
~ Adriano Zumbo
I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.
~ Nina Arianda