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No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.

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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Edgar Allan Poe

Luis Valdez

Luis Valdez

Born: June 26, 1940 (age 84)
Bio: Luis Valdez is an American playwright, actor, writer and film director. Regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba, and his creation of El Teatro Campesino.
Known for:
  1. La Bamba (1987)
  2. Zoot Suit (1981)
  3. The Cisco Kid (1994)
  4. I Am Joaquin (1969)
  5. Which Way Is Up? (1977)

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