Umberto Eco Quotes

For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!").

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• I applied to only one college - the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania - and was fortunate to be accepted. After graduation, I headed to Wall Street and worked as I had dreamed.

  

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• So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!

  

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• The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

  

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• Life is too short to blend in.

  

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• Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

  

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• Historically, in India, the strange fact was that the equity owner was not taking as much hit as the lender. Therefore, if we restore the first principle of economics, that first the equity owner needs to take the hit and then the lender, we will get a good solution.

  

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• I don't like to sell my finest pieces.

  

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• Just getting to wake up and play somebody else for an entire day is just an amazing thing.

  

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• I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.

  

  Yara Shahidi
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• I bought these pink sticker things... and I would write things on them, and I wrote, 'I will write an international smash,' and shortly after, it was when we did 'Monster,' and it was an international smash.

  

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• I saw hell. The hospital had divided and conquered pretty successfully.

  

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• People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

  

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• I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business.

  

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• My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.

  

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• When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.

  

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• My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.

  

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• I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.

  

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• Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.

  

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• In the long run, the greatest weapon of mass destruction is stupidity.

  

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• You made me happy and you made me laugh, and if I could do it all over again, I would not hesitate. Look at our life, at the trips we took, the adventures we had. As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.

  

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• We cannot separate our lives from the Eucharist; the moment we do, something breaks. People ask, 'Where do the sisters get the joy and the energy to do what they are doing?' The Eucharist involves more than just receiving; it also involves satisfying the hunger of Christ. He says, 'Come to Me.' He is hungry for souls.

  

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• Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

  

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• Every band needs it's own special chemistry. And Bez was a very good chemist.

  

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• For Mallarmé naming an object meant suppressing three-quarters of its poetic pleasure (which consists in the joy of guessing bit by bit - "le suggérer, voilà le rêve!").

  

  Umberto Eco
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