Umberto Eco Quotes
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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I wanted to go to college and play football.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I know it's a guy thing to chest bump, but me and my dancers chest bump before hitting the stage. Not too hard though...ouch!
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I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
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Culture follows power.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
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As often as we do good, we offer sacrifices to God.
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My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that.
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Sensitivity training is a fine idea but isn't taken seriously by those who need it most.
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That Germany was so immensely strong and Austria so dependent upon German strength that the word and will of Germany would at the critical moment be decisive with Austria.
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I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
