Mario Benedetti Quotes

My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers.

Mario Benedetti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: uruguayan
  • Birth: September 14, 1920 - May 17, 2009

Topics

FirstTwoUpBooksDidPublishers

Valentino made my day suit for the wedding of Paloma Picasso in Paris.

Andre Leon Talley

DayWeddingParisSuitMadePicasso

My family, they're story tellers. My mom is Irish, and my dad is Italian. In my family, we weren't allowed to watch TV while we ate - we had to sit around the table and tell stories about our day.

Meg Cabot

FamilyDayMomStoryTableIrish

Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.

John Lewis

HomePeaceHappyBe HappyRestEnd

I had to test a new terror in myself.

Ang Lee

MyselfNewTestTerrorHad

I don't enjoy putting my characters through hell unless there's a reason. I don't use violence or anything just for shock value. They're always a means to an end.

Jeff Lemire

ValueEndHellViolenceEnjoyJust

When you have a CEO who is an ex-CMO, that is going to put the marketing tool kit front and center.

John Quelch

YouMarketingToolCenterGoingCEO

If you haven't done shows that are on everyone's radar, then you're something out of nowhere.

Sterling K. Brown

YouDoneEveryoneOutSomething

When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things.

Michelle Rodriguez

SecretsJust BecauseKnowSayOld

My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.

Don Johnson

DaughterHellRunSheThroughGet

I thought I was going to be a professor; then I ran screaming from there into magazine journalism.

Courtney A. Kemp

ThoughtJournalismProfessorGoing

I've done a lot of drama in my career, but I'm actually more comfortable doing comedy.

Coby Bell

ComedyDoingCareerDramaDoneMore

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Aristotle

LiveGodSocietyBeastNeedMust

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