Paulo Coelho Quotes
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
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There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
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Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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Stock photos are used everywhere on the Net. Chances are, the website you are on right now uses stock photos somewhere - maybe as the featured image of the blog post. This also means that there will always be a large market for stock photographers.
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I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
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The military people don't like it; the government probably doesn't like it, but the people should know what they're sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time.
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Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.
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Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television.
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I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D.
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I got a lot of problems, but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create. I know when to stop myself, I know when to start, I know when to leave something alone. I guess I just kind of indulge that completely, and so I just take my time.
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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
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Thug: repeating Look, bud, I said 'Your money or your life.'
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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she’s not only a mother, she’s not only a sister, she’s not only a wife. But a girl has the – she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
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In an environment where you've got to push innovations out the door fast and keep the cost of innovation low, the probability that you'll be successful is actually much higher.
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He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.
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We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no definition has any authority apart from a purpose, or to bar us from other purposes.
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'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.
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I recommend you come to know your Father in Heaven. Come to love Him. Always remember that He loves you and will give you guidance and support if you will but give Him the chance. Include Him in your decision making. Include Him in your heartaches and heartbreaks. Include Him when you take inventory of your personal worth.
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Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.