Pablo Neruda Quotes
Writing poetry, we live among the wild beasts, and when we touch a man, the stuff of someone in whom we believed, and he goes to pieces like a rotten pie, you... gather together whatever can be salvaged, while I cup my hands around the live coal of life.
Quotes to Explore
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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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If I had to study and work hard, it would have to have the reward of a lot of cash.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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What I write, I write. I'll always do it in some form.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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If you're doing the same job every day, there's room for error.
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I'm not really that interested in going back to playing small supporting roles.
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I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.
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Writing poetry, we live among the wild beasts, and when we touch a man, the stuff of someone in whom we believed, and he goes to pieces like a rotten pie, you... gather together whatever can be salvaged, while I cup my hands around the live coal of life.
