Jose Saramago Quotes
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.Jose Saramago
Quotes to Explore
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
Carl Sandburg -
I think it's always best to be who you are.
Halle Berry -
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda -
In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
Yanis Varoufakis -
Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
Adam Hochschild
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
Nargis Fakhri -
I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
Faith Ford -
I don't intend to simply go away and write my plays and be a good boy. I intend to remain an independent and political intelligence in my own right.
Harold Pinter -
My dad moved to London in his early 20s and didn't really go back. So the irony is I've spent lots and lots of time in Ireland, but not with my dad. I've shot films in Belfast, where he's from. And I've shot in Dun Laoghaire. Which is great. And I've shot in Dublin.
Imogen Poots -
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
Adam Michnik -
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Fannie Lou Hamer
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It's nice to work with your own alma mater.
A. James Clark -
I am sure it does not hurt that Mitt Romney is my dad. I'm sure it's opened a lot of doors for me. But I think I've been pretty effective once I've gotten through the door at doing a pretty good job.
Tagg Romney -
My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
Ranbir Kapoor -
Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician.
Victor Pinchuk -
If I had been straight, I would have been an entirely different person. I would never have turned toward writing with a burning desire to confess, to understand, to justify myself in the eyes of others... I wouldn't have been impelled to live in New York and choose the hard poverty of bohemia over the soft comfort of the business world.
Edmund White -
We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
Zac Brown Band
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The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.
Brett Eldredge -
I truly felt that was going to be my last tour. So here we are again and I'm saying this will probably be my last tour. That's truly the way I'm looking at it.
Janet Jackson -
I think growing up in such a small town - before cell phones, before the Internet, before Facebook, before we had access to people's interiors - there was a great deal of space between people's lives. I spent a lot of time imagining into the lives of the people I grew up with.
Bill Clegg -
At its best, [Japanese cooking] is inextricably meshed with aesthetics, with religion, with tradition and history. It is evocative of seasonal changes, or of one's childhood, or of a storm at sea.
M. F. K. Fisher -
Today, fashion shows are now blogged and broadcast all over the world via social media. By the time the merchandise ships many months later, the newness and excitement has worn off, and in many cases, the customer has moved on.
Karen Katz -
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers.
Jose Saramago