Umberto Eco Quotes
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The north coast of Brittany is eaten into bays from which the sea retreats to considerable distances, and is fringed with reefs and islands. It is a favourite resort of Parisians throughout its stretch, from Dinard to Plestin.
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
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My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American.
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Singing and dancing is not just for the cast of 'Glee'. We can wake up doing both and have it be a natural expression of who we are.
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I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.
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One difficulty in making the Senate work the way it was intended is that America's electorate is increasingly divided into red and blue states, with lawmakers representing just one color or the other.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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I'm driven more by my heart more than anything else, and my head, and sometimes those things are counterintuitive.
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Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.
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The act of creation is a kind of ritual. The origins of art and human existence lie hidden in this mystery of creation. Human creativity reaffirms and mystifies the power of 'life.
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We [Black people] have always used our creativity to battle and we're not the only ones. Black Americans are certainly leaders in that simply because we were denied education and dealt with enforced illiteracy. But people seem to always forget that literacy is not the only way of learning things or conveying knowledge.
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It's important to focus on how we can strengthen international trade.
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Creativity can only be anarchic, capitalist, Darwinian.
