Paulo Coelho Quotes
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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First, I have to thank God for giving me the gift that he did as well as a second chance for a better life.
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Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.
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I love the early films of Al Pacino - 'Scarface,' 'Serpico' - and I love many science-fiction films.
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I'm lucky because I don't like being in the sun a whole lot, just because the repercussions for me - I feel it, I go very red.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.
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For the doubters out there, of course I was going to have help from Penguin's editorial team in telling my story, which I talked about from the beginning.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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A people under the menace of war and of invasion is very easy to govern. It does not claim social reforms, it does not cavil over armaments or military equipment. It pays without haggling, it ruins itself at it, and that is excellent for the syndicates, the financiers, and the heads of industry to whom patriotic terrors open an abundant source of gain.
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I have no problem with women in the military, if that's what they want to do.
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Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis. When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this.
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I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance.
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
