Umberto Eco Quotes
Nothing is more fleeting than external form, which withers and alters like the flowers of the field at the appearance of autumn.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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For me, baseball is about, again, the team winning.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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I just feel so flattered, because the cosplayers really make sure every detail is there. I don't think I've ever cosplayed a character before, but if I were to, I'd probably go as a Klingon from 'Star Trek.'
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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The fact is that since you're a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you're here on earth. It's all perfect... and so are you!
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, and every courthouse, and, may I say, of every legislative body in the United States. I should like to have every court begin, 'I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that we may be mistaken.'
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'There's a curious knot that binds novelists and terrorists...Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness. What writers used to do before we were all incorporated.'
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I sometimes say I am a 'happiness optimist' but a 'revenue pessimist.'
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A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
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Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.
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Nothing is more fleeting than external form, which withers and alters like the flowers of the field at the appearance of autumn.
