Umberto Eco Quotes
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung - Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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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 never have a plan of what I am going to draw.
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I have a cousin called Flirta D who was big in the grime world, which made me really cool at school. 'Flirta D's your cousin?' 'Yeah, buddy.' 'He must be a millionaire!'
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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It's a wild thing, that people have the ability to help each other by just relating to one another.
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The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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As President Trump quickly moved to limit immigration, civil rights, and environmental protections, I felt fear for my young children, and guilt, too - as if I'd somehow betrayed the unspoken contract all parents make to give our children a better life than ourselves.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.
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I always wanted to be like my dad.
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At home, I tend to read print, and most of the time, that means recently released hardcover novels. I enjoy the feel of paper and board; I like turning pages, dog-earing my spot, jotting notes in the back.
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Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.
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It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing - in the case of patents, many that own them aren't in a good position to take the next step.
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Imagine maintaining 70 brands in a digital world - it is a nonsense. It is better to focus on a fewer, more distinct brands.
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
