Umberto Eco Quotes
We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I think a person has to just be herself.
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
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There's so much innovation going on, and there are lots of people funding that innovation, but there's very little innovation on that infrastructure for innovation itself, so we like to do that ourselves to help companies create more tech companies.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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I think being directed and mentored by someone as inspirational as Paul Feig not only improves my performance but, as a whole, makes it what it is.
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I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.
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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
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Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
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What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom. They are the ones who decide.
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It started off with flu-like symptoms and pain; then, I started feeling really funny. In two weeks, I was paralyzed from the waist down, and it spiraled down from there. Every ability I had was slowly slipping away.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
