Arturo Pérez-Reverte Quotes
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The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what will happen on the next page, let alone the next chapter. That's what makes it fun for me; I write the books the same way many people read them.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.
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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How much do kids need? How much should we give? How do we prepare them to live in a world where the very notion of privacy opens a generational chasm?
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There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.
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A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern.
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How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.
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Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.
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Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.
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The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.
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A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
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Desire is the essence of a man.
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There are a lot of times that we feel like our hands are tied - 'I have no control over if I'm going to lose my job.' 'I have no control over if I'm going to be able to pay my bills.' You've got to realize that that's where your trust comes in. You have to trust God, and keep your hope, because your hope is what produces your faith.
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Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
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Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent.
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The Mexicans bowed down when we talked about removing their foreign aid, and then they began cooperating with our country.
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The lack of money is the root of all evil.
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Never trust a man who reads only one book.
