Quotes About Albuquerque
My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque.
~ Neil Patrick Harris
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I 'climbed' Sandia Peak outside Albuquerque. Which is really piddling as far as mountains go. It's a mere 9,000 feet and some change, and what I went up was a path on one of the gentler slopes. It's about seven miles to the summit, and I walked it with my husband, son, and brother-in-law. For me that was a tremendous accomplishment.
~ Sandra Brown
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Moonlight I know when the sun is in China because the night shining other-light crawls into my bed. She is moon. Her eyes slit and yellow she is the last one out of a dingy bar in Albuquerque— Fourth Street, or from similar avenues in Hong Kong. Where someone else has also awakened, the night thrown back and asked, 'where is the moon, my lover'? And from here I always answer in my dreaming, 'the last time I saw her was in the arms of another sky'.
~ Joy Harjo
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In high school, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a bunch of us spent a whole year reading Cicero—De Senectute, on old age; De Amicitia, on friendship. De Senectute, with all its resigned wisdom, I will probably never be capable of living up to or imitating. But De Amicitia I could make a stab at, and could have any time in the last thirty-four years.
~ Wallace Stegner
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Just says prepaid ticket for Mr. Dirk Gently to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be collected. Were you not expecting to go to Albuquerque today, sir?" "I was expecting to end up somewhere I didn't expect, I just wasn't expecting it to be Albuquerque, that's all." "Sounds like it's an excellent destination for you, Mr. Gently. Enjoy your flight.
~ Douglas Adams
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Fe is, I could bang on about the desert and the altitude and the light and the silver and turquoise jewelry, but the best thing is just to mention a traffic sign on the freeway from Albuquerque. It says, in large letters, GUSTY WINDS, and in smaller letters MAY EXIST.
~ Douglas Adams
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To give you an idea of the sort of place that Santa Fe is, I could bang on about the desert and the altitude and the light and the silver and turquoise jewelry, but the best thing is just to mention a traffic sign on the freeway from Albuquerque. It says, in large letters, GUSTY WINDS, and in smaller letters MAY EXIST.
~ Douglas Adams
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If Albuquerque was the ugly, dusty ass end of nowhere, then Farmington was the inflamed boil on that ass. If
~ Douglas Preston
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I moved to California not to pursue acting but to get out of Albuquerque.
~ Minka Kelly
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The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.
~ James Mercer
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Albuquerque practiced the intimidatory tactics that had made the Franks so feared along the coast of India. Passing vessels were captured and ransacked for provisions. The unfortunate crews had their hands, noses, and ears cut off and were put ashore to announce the terror and majesty of Portugal. The ships were then burned.
~ Roger Crowley
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Greg Jackson gave me hope after four losses. After my last loss in the Strikeforce grand prix against Kharitonov, I gave him a call and asked him if he thought I should retire. Some of my trainers, some people told me I had lost it. He said, 'Absolutely not. Just come to Albuquerque,' and gave me that hope.
~ Andrei Arlovski
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Ramfis fled the country after Trujillo's death, lived dissolutely off his father's swag, and ended up dying in a car crash of his own devising in 1969; the other car he hit contained the Duchess of Albuquerque, Teresa Beltrán de Lis, who died instantly; Lil'Fuckface went on murdering right to the end.
~ Junot Diaz
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Greg Jackson, he gave me hope you know. He told me listen, you're absolutely not done yet. You have a lot of work to do. If you want to start everything from the beginning, just come to Albuquerque. Come to my clinic. He's a very smart guy and he's a very educated coach, and I enjoy working with him.
~ Andrei Arlovski
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I messed up my eyes. It's funny, I was training and we thought I had a mild concussion. But you know, I was out in Albuquerque and I would train from 9:30 to 11:00 and then I would rest all day long until 5:00 and I'd be playing on my phone, so I was playing on my phone and it scrambled my fore-vision.
~ Derek Brunson
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Albuquerque is my home. I want my kids and all of our children to be able to go to any public or charter school and receive an excellent education.
~ Steven Michael Quezada
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I grew up all over the place, but the majority of my years were spent in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
~ Freddie Prinze, Jr.
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My first dream was to fight here in New Mexico, Albuquerque, my home town. My second dream is to fight in Mexico City.
~ Diego Sanchez
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They reached Albuquerque, Dyson seeing for the first time the deceptively clear air and the red desert beneath still snowy peaks. Feynman bore into town at 70 miles per hour and was immediately arrested for a rapid sequence of traffic violations. The justice of the peace announced that the fine he handed down was a personal record.
~ James Gleick
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There were some low moments out there on the road tonight—abandonment and what's the point?—but then I pulled in a radio station from Albuquerque playing historical rap and breakdance circa 1982. Kurtis Blow and disco synthesizers made me feel like I could drive all night.
~ Chris Kraus
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The morning of the funeral an honor guard from Albuquerque fired the salute; two big flags covered the coffins completely, and it looked as if the people from the village had gathered only to bury the flags.
~ Leslie Marmon Silko
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I loved Albuquerque! And we were there during monsoon season, which I didn't know was a thing outside of, like, the Far East.
~ Rhea Seehorn
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One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit.
~ Jon Jones
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The father of the Altair was H. Edward Roberts of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
~ Unknown
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