Jose Saramago Quotes
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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What goes for sex goes double for politics.
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It's one thing to have forced time off as an actor, and another thing when you actually say, 'I don't want to read anything, and I don't want to talk to anybody.'
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I'm totally a geek.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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Being attractive, it's not something I do consciously. It's incredibly flattering that people think I appeal to women. But that was a gift from my parents.
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I thought I would be Sheena of the Jungle as a little girl.
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If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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Indeed, eventually, random outcomes all revert to the mean, meaning that streaks eventually end. Understanding this is a key part of intelligent and rational investing.
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I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.
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Unlike 'real relationships', 'virtual relationships' are easy to enter and to exit. They look smart and clean, feel easy to use, when compared with the heavy, slow-moving, messy real stuff.
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I truly believe that we're about to enter a second golden age of design. The first one was in the '50s and '60s, when designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, George Nelson and Dieter Rams were shepherds of the brands they were working with. They had influence over the products and how companies communicated and promoted themselves.
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Some hedge fund managers have made big bucks trading oil futures - George Soros is one.
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Adam Smith is misread as being amoral precisely because people don't read his first book, because they don't read 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments.'
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I suppose I just had this Christian idea about how I ought to go about my life. I thought, 'If I work really hard and have a bit of success, the problems I'd had all my life would leave me.' But, of course, not a bit of it left me because Asperger's is not something you just get over or grow out of.
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I pride myself in being able to survive just about any situation on stage now. I can handle pressure.
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I think there's nothing that makes you happier than to be really involved in something. I can't imagine a totally idle life.
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To be without guile is to be free of deceit, cunning, hypocrisy, and dishonesty in thought or action.
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Religion is just mind control.
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I like TV. It all depends what it is.
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I don't defend the idea of universal love. It has never existed and will never exist.
