Paulo Coelho Quotes

What I can say is that all my characters are searching for their souls, because they are my mirrors. I'm someone who is constantly trying to understand my place in the world, and literature is the best way that I found in order to see myself.

Paulo Coelho

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MyselfBestWorldSomeoneLiterature

Hemingway was a jerk. I mean he was really a great jerk. He was a good writer, and he did all sorts of things that I would never have the courage to do, but I don't think I'd enjoy being in the same room with him. He's not my kind of person.

Joe Haldeman

GoodCourageGreatThinkEnjoyKind

The indisputable fact is that nutritional science is the most powerful weapon available to win the war on cancer.

Joel Fuhrman

ScienceWarWinPowerfulCancer

Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.

Jeremy Corbyn

MomentI AmMeColleaguesSaidHeat

I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow.

Mattie Stepanek

FamilyGodTomorrowLooking Forward

Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling 'Bart,' and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog.

Matt Groening

DogFatherCharacterTimeAngry

There are always distractions, if you allow them.

Tony La Russa

YouAlwaysDistractionsAllowThem

The 2008 economic crisis and Great Recession forced widespread restructuring throughout the U.S. economy - not unlike a company gritting its teeth through a lifesaving bankruptcy.

Roger Altman

GreatCrisisTeethCompanyEconomy

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Rowan Williams

FriendshipEqualityFindingReward

Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

Mignon McLaughlin

SinBeingSavedManyInept

When it's time to make music, that's about getting lost for me. To be a control freak is not half as good as being a freak who's casually in control. You're feeling around in the dark for something that feels good.

Josh Homme

GoodMusicTimeMeControlYou

I'll be one of the spokespeople, one of the people who sells the Administration's plans.

Donna Shalala

PeoplePlansAdministrationWho

I wish the rock 'n' roll scene to be back in.

Brendan Fraser

WishBackRockI WishRollScene

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