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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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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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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Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.
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So in the end when one is doing philosophy one gets to the point where one would like just to emit an inarticulate sound.
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
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I only dunked maybe twice a game on average.
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I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in.
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I saw a lot of 47 Ronin on the TV, in the films, and I've done Chushingura Gaiden Yotsuya Kaidan Crest of Betrayal, 1994 directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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How I treat a brother or sister from day to day, how I react to the sin-scarred wino on the street, how I respond to interruptions from people I dislike, how I deal with normal people in their normal confusion on a normal day may be a better indication of my reverence for life than the antiabortion sticker on the bumper of my car.
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Beauty is the greatest seducer of man.
