Enrique Jardiel Poncela Quotes
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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It's a good giggle to look back at yourself in your 20s. You thought you were so fierce and fabulous, and it's just embarrassing.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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I'm OK: I don't need money.
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High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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You have to come to terms with loving your body.
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I make movies that nobody will see. I've made movies that even I have never seen.
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For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.
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Most writers can write, most rock 'n rollers cannot.
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We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself.
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When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villains themselves.
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I know that life is much more than football. We have family and it's all about being happy and healthy.
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When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
