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
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.
elbow seen
It was completely packed, elbow to elbow. It was nothing like we've ever seen before.
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.
felt good shot
It felt good when I shot it. I thought it was going in, but it was short.
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.
absolutely became facts perfect recipe time
All of these facts became the perfect recipe at that time for someone to get away with an act that we absolutely don't condone,
writing thinking talking
I think what education gives you is a voice. It gives you a way of talking to a judge. When a policeman pulls you off to the side of the road, you have a voice. When you cross a border, you have a voice. When you are writing to express your opinions, you have a voice.
country home america
But America isn't a country of family values; Mexico is a country of family values. This is a country of people who leave home.
baseball cities people
I keep trying to tell people that Los Angeles is already the largest Indian city in the U.S., that there are Toltecs playing Little League baseball in Pasadena, Mayans making beds at the Marriott in Westwood, and Chichimecs driving buses in L.A. Los Angeles is a majority-Indian city.
stranger
There are things so deeply personal that they can be revealed only to strangers.
country children home
In some countries, of course, Spanish is the language spoken in public. But for many American children whose families speak Spanish at home, it becomes a private language. They use it to keep the English-speaking world at bay.
drama way energy
The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay.
ideas feelings mind
Education is that human process of feeling your body mature, feeding your mind with ideas that it never had before, or information you never had. You simply cannot do that on a computer.