Jose Saramago Quotes
The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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We can't do a modern Batman continually beating up thugs in zoot suits with tommy guns in violin cases. The game has to move on. It has to feel relevant.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I'm very unpopular for my dislike of this food, but I've never liked avocado. Everyone gives me so much flack for it because they tell me how healthy it is for me, how delicious it is. I don't like it, but it's not for lack of trying. I tried to like it, and it's just not my thing.
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I also remember a line from a song by Smog [Bill Callahan], which seems to describe the experience of a town-dweller moving to the country: "I was raised in a pit of snakes/Blink your eyes - I was raised on cake."
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Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.
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Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Said to have been written as a schoolboy during a chemistry class at St. Paul's School.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.
