Antonio Tabucchi Quotes

Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.

Antonio Tabucchi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: September 24, 1943 - March 25, 2012

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My wife likes history and documentaries, but I'm not so keen on them. I generally go and do some work if there's one of those on.

Andrew Davies

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I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they don't see their families as much. And that takes its toll over time.

Matt LeBlanc

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You can get a bit bored of finding out about yourself. I know nothing about politics, for instance. There's nothing that's stopped me picking up a newspaper in the past, and it's something I really should start to do.

Sophia Myles

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I am still convinced I have the best job in the world.

Sonny Mehta

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The 20th century saw three great-power confrontations. Two of them turned into total war. We lucked out on the third. Do we really want to roll those dice again?

Robert Zubrin

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Santiago Bernabeu is the best stadium I have ever played in. I enjoy every minute on its pitch.

Luka Modric

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I think I've learned more about Baroque music than any other genre.

Joyce DiDonato

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I've been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as 'Johnny,' there'd be no jungle left! It was really hard regaining control of myself, so I am reluctant to let 'Johnny' back out of the box.

Johnny Vegas

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I don't feel any connection to Russia.

Anton Yelchin

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Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.

Sharon Draper

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People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God's sake, I'm not producing a Radio 4 Play for Today, I'm making a movie that people are going to look at.

Ridley Scott

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In 1969, we emigrated to Australia. It was a big change. The heat, the flies, and the completely different tinned meats. The shock was so great, I stopped reading books for nearly a year.

Morris Gleitzman

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