"Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that……" — Jose Saramago
"Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity."
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142 Quotes by Jose Saramago
Jose Saramago has 142 quotes on this site.
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God, the devil, good, evil, it's all in our heads, not in Heaven or Hell, which we also invented. We…
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Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land…
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This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say…
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doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time
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A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
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People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In…
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Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the…
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In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not…
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Each day is a little bit of history
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En ningún momento de la historia, en ningún lugar del planeta, las religiones han servido para que los seres humanos…
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Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand…
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We are marching against the law of the jungle that the United States and its acolytes old and new want…
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Because it would be too agonizing to cope with the possibility that anyone, including our selves, could become a prisoner,…
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As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least…
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When I think of my past, I try to dwell on the good times, the happy moments, and not to…
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We know enough to be sure that the scientific achievements of the next fifty years will be far greater, more…
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It is almost always impossible to evaluate at the time events which you have already experienced, and to understand their…
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I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.
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With her Florentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in…
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Déjà vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that…
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Don't base your decisions on the advice of those who dont have to deal with the results. To simplify, it's…
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Birthdays should be remember, it is a special occasion that you must celebrate. Make it happy,you have nothing to worry…
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I am exceedingly impressed with the Necessity of Oeconomizing the public Monies; but we must not spin this Thread so…
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