"If the past has nothing to say to……" — Eduardo Galeano
"If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises."
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Eduardo Galeano
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89 Quotes by Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano has 89 quotes on this site.
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In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.
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Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with…
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From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When…
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In the struggle of good against evil, it's always the people who get killed.
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It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll…
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The tree of life knows that, whatever happens, the warm music spinning around it will never stop. However much death…
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The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that…
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We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions…
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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can…
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To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to…
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The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from…
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A pretty move, for the love of God.
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Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.
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We cannot talk to God strongly when we have not lived for God strongly. The closet cannot be made holy…
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Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, and broadens and strengthens the mind. The prayer closet is a perfect schoolteacher and schoolhouse…
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A holy life does not live in the closet, but it cannot live without the closet.
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