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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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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A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
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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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Let them make their war. Whence come night and day? Whence will the eagle become gray? Whence is it that night is dark? Whence is it that the linnet is green? The ebullition of the sea, How is it not seen?
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The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it 'depression' than calling it 'loneliness.'
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Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.
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I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing in this country and create decent paying jobs here.
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In terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don't think about music. They're not concerned with it. They don't take their musical legacy seriously.
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I study my fans all the time, and what I learn from them will definitely be reflected in my future work.
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Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.
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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.
