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Luis J. Rodriguez Quotes: Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.
         

Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books. That helped. Most of my homies had no books at home.


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When you win, we win; but when you go down, you go down alone.



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Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be a writer? That's it! They totally gave up on me after that.



The more you know, the more you owe.

The more you know, the more you owe.



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I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace.



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There are choices you have to make not just once



Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because it was so bad and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper.

Eventually I went back to high school. I went to a coaching center in my neighborhood. I had to leave the homeless situation because it was so bad and I knew that I was falling deeper and deeper.



I've always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage anyone.

I've always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage anyone.



In order to stay out of trouble I worked in industry. You can't even do that nowadays; there were all those factories.

In order to stay out of trouble I worked in industry. You can't even do that nowadays; there were all those factories.



I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.

I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.





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