"I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not……" — Isabel Allende
"I have seen these persons speak unthinkingly, not realizing that to speak is also to be. Word and gesture are man's thought. We should not speak without reason."
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212 Quotes by Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende has 212 quotes on this site.
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I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a…
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I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to…
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If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who…
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What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
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For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women…
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I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No…
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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books:…
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice,…
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I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.
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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for…
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Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have…
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More Gesture Quotes
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
— Malcolm Arnold
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I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's…
— Erykah Badu
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
— Sarah Bernhardt
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We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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I often look ridiculous in Japan. There's really no way to eat in Japan, particularly kaiseki in a traditional ryokan,…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Why do people always gesture with their hands when they talk on the phone?
— Jonathan Carroll
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There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away.
— Rachel Simmons
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.
— Nelson Mandela
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Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a…
— Nelson Mandela
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Throw in something extra. Whether it's a coupon for a future discount, additional information on how to use the product,…
— Susan Ward
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Sometimes a simple, almost insignificant gesture on the part of a teacher can have a profound formative effect on the…
— Paulo Freire
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The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the…
— Unknown Author
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