Umberto Eco Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
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As long as the Pentagon bankrolls the Pakistan army to fight its wars, and NATO troops remain in Afghanistan, there will be quarrels, charges of infidelity, a reduction in the household allowance, perhaps a separation - but a divorce? Never.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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Country music fans are extremely supportive. Once they're with you, they're with you for life.
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And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.
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Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
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PG-13 horror, I just don't watch that.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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With 'If I Stay,' I want you to feel that the whole story is being told from a larger, spiritual point of view. So the beginning is very theatrical.
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I was not afraid of the press or the militants. It was uncomfortable, but I was not afraid. With respect to the press, I knew I knew more than they knew about city matters. With respect to the militants, I understood it. I mean, everybody believed in those days that they were being screwed, you know, that somebody was getting ahead of them.
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Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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To be happy is not the purpose of our being rather it is to deserve happiness.
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Comedy is very difficult. I love it because when you do it right, it's the best feeling in the world.
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Since so many people these days don't seem to start their families until around age forty, I predict there will be less child beating, but more slipped disks from lifting babies out of cribs. Even the father of advanced age who's not inclined to spare the rod is likely to suffer more than his victim: The first punch he throws might well be the last straw for his rotator cuff, reducing his disciplinary options to mere verbal abuse and napping.
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We Liberals like to think our thoughts aren't controlled. We pride ourselves on our independent thinking. We know we shouldn't believe everything we read. We realize the media is skewed, we know it's owned by a small group of people, we realize it's biased, etc.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
