Umberto Eco Quotes
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.
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I'm no angel, but I'm no monster, either.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I think I have music in me! I had a scholarship to study singing at one point, and I've never really done anything about it. I've done some music on stage, but it's been a long time. It would be kind of fun.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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You can raise a good child in a single-parent family, but it's much more difficult.
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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear.
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Working on 'The War Room' was a thrill, not only because we were given such exquisite access to the nerve center of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, but for me personally, it was so exciting to be producing my first film and working with documentary filmmaking legends D.A. Pannebaker and Chris Hegedus, who were the film's directors.
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Dance is my passion.
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Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
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In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.
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In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.
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In the faces of men and women I see God.
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Time will rust the sharpest sword,Time will consume the strongest cord;That which molders hemp and steel,Mortal arm and nerve must feel.
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When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
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I don't see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.
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We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.
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If I put the top down, I start to burn in about five minutes.
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I do personal appearances, and I meet my fans, and I am genuinely honored that they come out to say 'hello' and just to see me. It's so fantastic to see that they give it back.
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Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way. I believe that you have to stand up.
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Go back. Go back in time. Everyone's life is a chain of memories. In each chain there are shining links, happenings where this element of wonder...was very strong. Why don't you reach out and relive some of those memories? If you work at it, remembering the wonder can revive your ability to live life as it should be lived.
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I don't miss my youth. I'm glad I had one, but I wouldn't like to start over.
