Jose Saramago Quotes
In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.
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Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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Whether people like it or not, China is incredibly important to the future of mankind. For me, this is something that we all need to have intelligent discussions about in America, in Britain, in Europe.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.
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Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional.
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I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird.
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The ribosome is a machine that gets instructions from the genetic code and operates chemically in order to produce the product.
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We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
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If you are not making any mistakes, you are being excessively risk-averse. Investing involves risk, and that means you will occasionally be wrong. And although it is okay to be wrong, it is not okay to stay wrong.
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In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.
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I imagine there are a lot of people who will never be able to accept me because they feel I've let them down, but I am a different person, and most people have welcomed me back in that spirit.
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A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
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I do like to keep mementos from my work, whether they be photos, the backs of make-up chairs or even props and clothes.
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Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
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I studied in a Catholic school in Oahu, and I went to a film school in New York.
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The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down to the dreams and hungers and judgments of individuals. The choices they made were real. They mattered.
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Societies depend on agreed rules.
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...We need to strive to keep things in proper balance. Good balance comes in doing things in a timely way and in not procrastinating our preparation or waiting to fulfill our responsibilities until the last minute.
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Joel? He's the rock star! When you see Joel step on stage... he's born to be a rock star.
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The professorial dictum has always been to write what you know, but I say write what you don't know and find something out. And it works.
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In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.
