Paulo Coelho Quotes
I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
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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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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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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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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
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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 seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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We have to be very careful about what we say out there to the masses in the entertainment industry because people are listening to every word, and they take it to heart.
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I considered that I had to write stories about the people I had met, with whom I'd worked, the history of my books - just in case I up and die.
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I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.
