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Top 20 Luis J. Rodríguez Quotes (2025 Update)

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “When you win, we win; but when you go down, you go down alone.”

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

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “The more you know, the more you owe.”

2. “The more you know, the more you owe.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “Men need to be strong, but not bullies. They need to know how to not get emotionally lost in situations, but not be cold and emotionless. They need to know the full variety of emotions as well as thinking and acting. Not just the most limited ways of doing things.”

3. “Men need to be strong, but not bullies. They need to know how to not get emotionally lost in situations, but not be cold and emotionless. They need to know the full variety of emotions as well as thinking and acting. Not just the most limited ways of doing things.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “It doesn’t work that way.”

4. “It doesn’t work that way.”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “There are choices you have to make not just once.”

6. “There are choices you have to make not just once.”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “I had to find meaning in it. So I go through this, I see all these homies die; I see all this terrible devastation, people sitting in prison. I’ve been saved from prison, from death, and from heroine addiction. What am I going to do with that?”

7. “I had to find meaning in it. So I go through this, I see all these homies die; I see all this terrible devastation, people sitting in prison. I’ve been saved from prison, from death, and from heroine addiction. What am I going to do with that?”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “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.”

8. “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.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “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.”

9. “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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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “I moved into the garage at my mom’s house, she wouldn’t let me into the house, and the garage didn’t have any running water. It did have electricity though, but it didn’t have any running water, no bathroom. But, you know, it was great for me because I had my books there.”

10. “I moved into the garage at my mom’s house, she wouldn’t let me into the house, and the garage didn’t have any running water. It did have electricity though, but it didn’t have any running water, no bathroom. But, you know, it was great for me because I had my books there.”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “We need more leaders among our gente – more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting into “war” and “death” and put it into life and true justice.”

11. “We need more leaders among our gente – more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting into “war” and “death” and put it into life and true justice.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we’ve never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county jail, I didn’t even get a felony. I have yet to get a felony, which is so crazy. I think Lindsey Lohan has more felonies than me.”

12. “The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we’ve never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county jail, I didn’t even get a felony. I have yet to get a felony, which is so crazy. I think Lindsey Lohan has more felonies than me.”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “In order to stay out of trouble I worked in industry. You can’t even do that nowadays; there were all those factories.”

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

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes on Gaarvey Boulevard who took our money, all smudged into one. Sometimes they were teachers who jumped on us Mexicans as if we were born with a hiduous stain. we were always afraid. Always Running.”

14. “It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes on Gaarvey Boulevard who took our money, all smudged into one. Sometimes they were teachers who jumped on us Mexicans as if we were born with a hiduous stain. we were always afraid. Always Running.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “I was arrested and put in murder’s row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn’t do. They had me in a cell next to Charles Manson; he was going to trial at the time. And it was all a row of black and brown guys and one white guy: Charles Manson.”

15. “I was arrested and put in murder’s row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn’t do. They had me in a cell next to Charles Manson; he was going to trial at the time. And it was all a row of black and brown guys and one white guy: Charles Manson.”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “I’ve always been prepared to write about the hard things. Only for healing, teaching, and enlightening purposes not to hurt or disparage anyone.”

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

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “Wich is the ultimate struggle, the one fight really worth fighting.”

17. “Wich is the ultimate struggle, the one fight really worth fighting.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “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.”

18. “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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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I’m the only one.”

19. “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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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop the neglect and harm we do as detached, mean, irresponsible adults and communities. The answer is in our hands.”

20. “To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop the neglect and harm we do as detached, mean, irresponsible adults and communities. The answer is in our hands.”

— Luis J. Rodríguez

Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “A la brava! understand?”

21. “A la brava! understand?”

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Luis J. Rodríguez Quote: “You ’will never belive it.”

22. “You ’will never belive it.”

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