Umberto Eco Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.
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Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.
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Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters whose lives are full of wounds and secrets. I'm not interested in who's going to ask me to the prom. I never went to a prom.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Information is a negotiator's greatest weapon.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.
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If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
