Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes

My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: peruvian
  • Birth: March 28, 1936

Topics

PowerPoliticsPeopleMindPolitical

Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind it.

Andre Aciman

LookingFeelSeeingPlaceSeeAlso

Depression, for me, wasn't a dulling but a sharpening, an intensifying, as though I had been living my life in a shell, and now the shell wasn't there. It was total exposure.

Matt Haig

LifeDepressionMeMy LifeLiving

When we grew up, Australia was the land of opportunity; it really was.

Angus Young

OpportunityAustraliaLandUpReally

Muslim anger has, of course, been stoked by America's war in Iraq and by Israel's brutal policies toward Palestine and Lebanon.

Amitava Kumar

AngerWarAmericaIsraelBeen

I told my staff that I'm so boring that I didn't even know I was boring.

Rob Portman

KnowBoringEvenStaff

Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.

Lucy Liu

MyselfMeFindNobodyOutGoing

Eminem has been someone that I've always considered the greatest ever, to ever do it. You know what I mean? In every aspect, the storytelling abilities, lyrical ability, honesty. You can hear it in my music that I'm heavily influenced by that.

Joyner Lucas

MusicHonestySomeoneYouKnowMean

I don't have an issue with marrying an actor, though it's definitely tough. I work with actors and interact with star wives, and I don't know how they do it. Loyalty is a very important factor for me, and I need to be in a relationship where the person will complete me and fill me up.

Deepika Padukone

WorkRelationshipLoyaltyMeTough

Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.

Constantin Brancusi

WorkGodKingCreateSlaveLike

Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.

Cory Gardner

EnergyIndependenceAmericanDoing

I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.

Coolio

SkyWaitingMeWeddingSomeoneYou

I have learned through time that not everyone is interested in the kinds of things that fascinate me.

Anthony Braxton

TimeMeI Have LearnedEveryone

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