Antonio Tabucchi Quotes
We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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I don't feel closeted.
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It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.
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When you're the best, you only want to surround yourself with the best.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
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After I started being able to grow a beard, I was obviously done at Disney - until I'm old enough to be a parent or an annoying older brother.
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There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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It is in my heart that I believe most strongly that our future is within a reformed E.U. - not least because we now live in a global marketplace.
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It seems to me that since the Middle Ages (it's not a Reformation thing), all that stuff about Jews and Gentiles coming together in Christ was just screened out.
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I don't have secrets in my life. Everything is out there.
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Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.
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I lost a dear friend of mine from a rugby injury at 26. We don't usually deal with mortality at that early age and it's given me an appreciation of time, of trying to fit everything in.
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We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.
