Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes
Each book, for me, has been an adventure, a period of time dedicated to study, to document certain facts, to traveling, and also to fantasize and to invent.
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We need to lift up the nation so we can find a more civil way to deal with our disagreements because, in these United States of America, no one should ever feel their life threatened over their political beliefs and positions.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
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In the wealthy industrialized nations, effective drug therapies against AIDS became available - AZT as early as 1987, then combinations of antiretroviral agents in 1996. The new drugs offered hope that fatal complications might be staved off and AIDS rendered a chronic condition.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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Now, they hold the World Cup every year, so it's like any Super Series. It's boring. To me, it's very boring. I think the players will always attend the World Cup. But for the fans, and also for most players, the Olympics and Asian Games will become more important. Nobody will look forward to the World Cup with anticipation.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Consider how great is the encouragement which all the world gives to the lover; neither is he supposed to be doing anything dishonourable; but if he succeeds he is praised, and if he fail he is blamed.
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From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.
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I knew I wanted to do something creative, and you don't necessarily go to Harvard to do that. It's not the best choice for creative writing.
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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
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Each book, for me, has been an adventure, a period of time dedicated to study, to document certain facts, to traveling, and also to fantasize and to invent.
