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People Quotes by Isabel Allende
- I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.
- Roots are not in landscape or a country, or a people, they are inside you.
- I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.
- I am an American citizen and it is my home now. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked…
- I have travelled all over the world and one thing that amazes me is that I can communicate with people. My story may be different…
- I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in…
- We need a global approach to this from all sides. We need to educate people, we need the scientists to create new technologies, we need…
- My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell…
- In terrible moments, in moments of revolution, of war or repression, of illness or death, people react with incredible strength.
- The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership.…
- There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me,…
- She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance, and for the…
- Nations should be governed by a council of learned men who must answer to the people for their actions.
- January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well…
- Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses.
- How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?
- We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are…
- A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look at myself, my life, and…
- I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women,…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle