Alessandro Baricco Quotes
We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
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Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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When you're in a place, the details you focus on are different than details you focus on when you're writing about it.
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I've always loved film more than theater.
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Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.
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I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.
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And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.
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My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.
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Every person is worthy of an infinite wealth of love - the beauty of his soul knows no limit.
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The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.
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I think they become a little more explosive in the passing game, just from a standpoint of experience. I mean, this guy's a three-year veteran as opposed to a rookie. He's seen more looks.
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Nobody's suffering more than the Palestinian people from this whole process. And I would like to see - if we could get some movement from Palestinian leadership - what I'd like to see is a loosening up of some of the restrictions on providing aid directly to the Palestinian people.
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If you ever get injured or have an asthma attack, the last words you get out are, 'Sammy Davis suite, please.' That's, like, three rooms on the eighth floor of Cedars-Sinai.
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I do tend to like movies that challenge me professionally. That's mostly on a smaller scale, when you have one or two or five actors, and it's all about the acting and not the camera.
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We are full of words whose true meaning we haven't been taught, and one of those words is suffering. Another is the word death. We don't know what they mean, but we use them, and this is a mystery.
