Paulo Coelho Quotes
I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
Quotes to Explore
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from deep change.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Themes only arise after a novel is written, and people begin to try to talk about it.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work.
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If somebody asks me why we played in Baku, I would say: People live there, homo sapiens live there.
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At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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In a city that is barely getting by with its small budget, something like illegal immigration can be the difference from being able to provide the level of public service that people expect.
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I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
