Paulo Coelho Quotes
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About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work.
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I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will.
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Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that.
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
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MySpace is an addiction.
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I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.
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What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
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Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.
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What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
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Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.
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I told you that your dream was a difficult one. It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.
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No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.
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Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you.
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Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again.
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When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.
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If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
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It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate.
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I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.
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A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.
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Time neither moves nor is stationary. Time changes.
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I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
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There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
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I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.
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My readers - and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level.