Antonio Tabucchi Quotes
My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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A will finds a way.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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In recent years, the government has lost more than five million fingerprints from government employees. They have lost hundreds of millions of credit numbers from financial institutions. This problem is happening more and more and more. And the only way we can protect ourselves is to make phones more and more secure.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
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Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone
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There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.
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My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search.
