Camilo Torres Restrepo Quotes
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I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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Certainly our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters need to be supported in living out their call to holiness.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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I often reread books I have written.
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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.
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Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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There have been a few friends who have taught me some great lessons in life. I wouldn't like to name them. They did things that I never expected out of them that left me heart-broken. It was during these rough patches in life that they left me alone. I know now that it was only my position that they were interested in.
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Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't.
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Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.
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The first time I went to Iraq was October 2002, when Saddam was still in power, and then, subsequently, in January of 2003, about three-and-a-half months before the U.S. invasion. So, I got to see the before and after of Iraq, basically, before and after the war.
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A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.
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Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.
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Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.
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Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.
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We sell only fresh fruit and vegetables. I sell no saturated fats or anything like that.
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In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
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Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.
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Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden.... As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or face the consequences - and again in any action the aim will be to eliminate their military hardware, cut off their finances, disrupt their supplies, target their troops, not civilians.
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If Jesus were alive today, He would be a guerrillero.
