Antonio Munoz Molina Quotes
A writer doesn't write about just anything. He writes about things he has an affinity for.
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It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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I'm a homebody for sure. I do a lot of work at home.
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Other than marriage, she doesn't control me and I don't control her.
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They can hop on a line and really dice it up out there.
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In 1982, Algeria made their first appearance at the World Cup. I believe it was the first Arab country to do so.
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Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.
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I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.
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Prudence is … more than mere shrewdness. If not tied down to the noble and just ends that one has been habituated to love, the soul's native power of cleverness can lead to the utmost knavery.
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I believe the best poetry of our times is growing too artistic; the study is too visible. If freedom and naturalness are lost out of poetry, everything worth having is lost.
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Il est sage de ne mettre ni crainte, ni espérance dans l’avenir incertain.
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Si no has de cambiar de ruta, ¿por qué has de cambiar de guía?
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No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an enormous baggage of culturally ingrained prejudice.
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Over the years, many in the public have become numb to news of financial corruption, partly because too many of these stories involve banker-on-banker crime.
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Although it's difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored.
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I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.
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I did not dwell on the issue of Europe during either the 2001 or the 2005 campaigns - despite it being a pivotal personal concern and despite seeing it as something of a litmus test for liberal democracy.
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I did some research on cryonics and cryogenics, but I kept it to a minimum because I didn't want the science part of the novel to overshadow the fiction. Being medically accurate wasn't my main goal.
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A writer doesn't write about just anything. He writes about things he has an affinity for.
