Alessandro Baricco Quotes
Definitive resolutions are made always and only in a state of mind that is not destined to last.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I was deep in the zone of practicing almost constantly.
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Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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Zef is like dirt, it's like scum. There was no zef movement before we came along.
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A woman who tells her age tells everything, and I won't tell it.
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Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.
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I would love to have a go at a band or some form of music one day.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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Universities are not here to be mediums for the coercion of other people, they're here to be mediums for the free exchange of ideas.
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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
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Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together.
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Animistic savages prostrating themselves before a painted stone have always seemed to me to be nearer the truth than any Einstein or Bertrand Russell.
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For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as quickly as one can.
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In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people's perspectives... I really try and live the mission of the company and... keep everything else in my life extremely simple.
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Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.
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I admire Chris Martin. Coldplay have made some wonderful records for the genre they're involved in, but I would consider them to be more of a pop act. The music is much more cerebral than it is animalistic.
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Definitive resolutions are made always and only in a state of mind that is not destined to last.
