"The telling of stories creates the real world." — Alberto Manguel
"The telling of stories creates the real world."
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Alberto Manguel
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84 Quotes by Alberto Manguel
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Not until I came to Canada did I realize that snow was a four-letter word.
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A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.
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Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
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Slothful, feeble, pretentious, pedantic, elitist - these are some of the epithets that eventually become associated with the absent minded…
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The shelves of books we haven't written, like those of books we haven't read, stretches out into the darkness of…
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And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone…
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Old or new, the only sign I always try to rid my books of (usually with little success) is the…
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If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded…
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At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices.... The various qualities of my readings seem to permeate my…
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Ordered by subject, by importance, ordered according to whether the book was penned by God or by one of God's…
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I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home…
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A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that…
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state…
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
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Here's the thing - I mean, I don't act for statues. I really don't. The great thing about winning an…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous…
— Alan Ball
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I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work…
— Ernie Banks
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The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates…
— Charles Baudelaire
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Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
— Scott Adams
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
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All oppression creates a state of war.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty…
— Jeff Bezos
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One of the interesting things about comedy is it's tension release, and nothing creates tension faster than anger.
— Lewis Black
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