Umberto Eco Quotes
Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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A friend is someone who will allow me to be a really bad friend and not hold it against me.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.
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China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a mental illness or maybe a sin or a crime. Gay liberation allowed us to make the leap to being a 'minority group,' which made life much easier.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.
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'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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A lot of people don't know that Dad was quite a scientist, and he was so clever.
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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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I don't believe in morality. I'm a disciple of Bernard Shaw.
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I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled 'day off,' I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don't relax well.
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Success is not a matter of mastering subtle, sophisticated theory but rather of embracing common sense with uncommon levels of discipline and persistence.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
