Umberto Eco Quotes
In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
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Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
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The Jews were gassed. Armenians were killed in every conceivable way... So the Holocaust doesn't interest me, see? They've had a lot of publicity, but they didn't suffer as much.
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Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.
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The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity.
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I once told Tommy Smothers, 'If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.'
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I can't die but once.
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Children touch all of our lives. We all have the opportunity to sow seeds into the next generation, and there's nothing more important that we can leave on this earth than a legacy of faith, hope, and confidence in our God.
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Campaign widowhood totally suited me, and I soon began to suspect that our setup beat the bill-paying and bickering of an actual marriage.
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How easy for those who do not bulgeTo not overindulge!
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Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.
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The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.
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Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
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If there are people who treat me wrong, I either talk to them about it, or I don't talk to them anymore. It's been the most thoughtful and considerate thing I could do for myself and other people. I am going to try to do that forever.
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We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.
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I never analyzed whether I had a style or whether I didn't. I wouldn't be able to describe my style or even tell if I have one or not.
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I have skinny genes. My mother weighs 90 pounds.
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To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
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Homeopathy is the safest and more reliable approach to ailments and has withstood the assaults of established medical practice for over 100 years.
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I think my siblings sometimes have to defend me within their social circles - they are both barristers.
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I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too.
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In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.
