Camilo Jose Cela Quotes
I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one.
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If men can quilt and take over the kitchen, then women can pick up a wrench and fix a leaky pipe.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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Attack politics costs us dearly in terms of insight into the candidates. In a presidential campaign, the focus is so tight that the politicians are afraid to say anything that hasn't been scripted.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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Beauty will not come at the call of a legislature, nor will it repeat in England or America its history in Greece. It will come, as always, unannounced, and spring up between the feet of brave and earnest men.
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In 2001, we went to raise some $3 million in venture capital in the U.S. and got rejected. So we’ve come back and raised a little bit more: $25 billion. This is not money; this is trust from the world, trust from the people.
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Truth does not hurt, rather, it is our resistance to its message that causes pain.
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Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.
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I solidify his [ Riccardo Tisci] vision and what he is trying to manifest, make it a crystal or solid thing because of the relationship I have with my culture and what my music means to him.
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Training in compassion is a mental activity. but our mind should also be brought to the level where every action we take is influenced by compassion. That means engaging ourselves in compassion in action.
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Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.
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There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war.
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I'm not going to be part of looking at information only partially. I'm not going to be part of just coming to quick conclusions. I'm not going to be part of political pressure to do this or not do that. I'm not going to be part of that. This is serious.
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I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one.
