Eugenio Montale Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not saving lives.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.
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There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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When I was a kid... I needed to belong.
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I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.
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If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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I could not bear to think that I wrote a five-hundred page novel just because I needed to love my father.
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The dog lives here, Pete. You're just visiting.
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We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.
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I miss the days when faith was discussed in public and not the most intimate details of our personal lives.
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The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.
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So many people have that relationship. The companionship. The connection. To our - to other beings, our pets. I hate to call them pets. But you know, to other creatures that we share our lives with.
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Without the means to prevent, and to control the timing of, conception, economic and political rights have limited meaning for women. If women cannot plan their pregnancies, they can plan little else in their lives.
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Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?
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Faith supplies staying power. Anyone can keep going when the going is good, but some extra ingredient is needed to keep you fighting when it seems that everything is against you.
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The two most mysterious things in our lives are birth and death. They are both miraculous events; one brings shiny, brand new life into the world, and the other snuffs it out like that. That person isn't there anymore.
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Usually when we do something to corrupt our lives, it's usually something to fulfill an ache that we have.
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For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.
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Too many lives are needed to make just one.
