Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes
Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few actually do read, has become literary.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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I have no guitar technique.
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When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
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We needed time off from each other after our last tour because there was a lot of personal stuff we had to take care of. Eddie needed hip replacement surgery. Al needed his back worked on. And I was going to have a baby.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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My dad is an English teacher, and my mom is a textiles artist. My parents made my sisters and me feel that if we wanted to pursue something creative, it could be done. They've always been supportive of everything from the beginning.
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Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.
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Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.
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Since it is impossible to know what's really happening, we Peruvians lie, invent, dream and take refuge in illusion. Because of these strange circumstances, Peruvian life, a life in which so few actually do read, has become literary.
