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Mario Vargas Llosa Quotes

Faulkner was the first novelist I read with pen and paper in hand because his technique stunned me.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Me Pen Hand First Paper Because

I'm only human, and therefore, there's a part of me that's waiting for people to say, 'Enough of you!'

Waiting People Me Enough You Say

When I realised, on 'The Straits,' that physical work in the theatre takes much longer than directing scenes, it was like a eureka moment. If you want to work physically, you have to accommodate it, and it takes a disproportionate amount of time.

Work Time Moment Theatre You Want

A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.

Basketball Back Professional Play Go

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

Love Competition Wrestling MMA Like

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

People Think Bad Done Way Never

Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport.

Art Hollywood Competitive Theater

I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

Myself Fun Looking Have Fun Focused

We need a broader perspective on what counter-radicalisation means.

Perspective Need Means Broader

I've given up trying to understand what people think about me. It seems like a lot of people don't like the music we make and don't know me, or something.

Music People Me Think Trying Know

We can't deal with the flood in the orchards until we cap the floodwaters coming into them. And that means giving our Border Patrol the total resources they need to get their job done, and even utilizing military personnel in particular hot crossing spots.

Job Border Giving Done Cap Need

I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a group of marine scientists. Late in the day, a 5-foot long blue shark swam into our chum slick. For the next hour, I marveled at the animal's stunning indigo color and the elegant way she moved effortlessly through the sea.

Sea Day Animal Blue Color Long

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

William Pollard

Change Opportunity Innovation Better

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