Paulo Coelho Quotes
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown - even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
Garry Kasparov -
'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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I am joining the hundreds of thousands who shall be marching in the Virtual March on Washington to Stop Global Warming in order to demonstrate the concern that we all hold for the future of our planet and all the living things - flora, fauna, human and animal - that exist upon it.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.
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Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
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It's not easy to play 162 games and be focused the whole time. It takes a lot out of you.
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If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
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I think part of becoming a wonderful actor and part of defining your craft is defining yourself and being confident in yourself, so when the hard knocks come, and you don't get a job for five years, and your ego is being kicked around, you can pull yourself out of it.
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I just like interacting with people.
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It's easy to imagine that because a certain company has a prestigious reputation or everyone says it's a great place to work, that it will be the perfect fit for you. But, in reality, the search to find a career is a much more individual process.
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To obsess too virulently is to walk alone in anxiety. But to obsess too little is to wall oneself off from one's own creativity.
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Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.
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Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown - even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to.
