Umberto Eco Quotes
The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.
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How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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I don't understand why women journalists always ask women about motherhood? It's far more important and interesting for women to talk about their work, their thoughts, their creativity and their individual identity.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Across energy, food, transportation, housing, and all of that, very little of our progress is going to be through getting people to voluntarily consume less. People resist that tremendously. What we have to do, if we want to succeed, is provide more of the clean, non-polluting, climate-safe options in all of these.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I love soccer. My father is from Argentina and my mother is from El Salvador. I grew up watching Argentinean soccer. I get really worked up watching soccer. It's in my blood.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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We call infinite that thing whose limits we have not perceived, and so by that word we do not signify what we understand about a thing, but rather what we do not understand.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.
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The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
