Julio Cortazar Quotes

Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?

Julio Cortazar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: argentinian
  • Birth: August 26, 1914 - February 12, 1984

Topics

FutureLiveNostalgiaParadiseLost

I think of myself as a complete player.

Joel Embiid

MyselfThinkCompletePlayerI Think

If we want to increase revenue, we need more taxpayers. The way to do that is employ more people.

John Fleming

PeopleWantWayMoreNeedRevenue

I've been awfully busy, and I haven't gone to many movies.

Jeffrey Jones

BusyMoviesGoneBeenMany

I was told that my best-case scenario would likely consist of writing my memoir and then disappearing.

Amanda Knox

WritingMemoirWouldDisappearing

What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.

Mikhail Gorbachev

PeaceNeedStarWarsStar Wars

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

Mike Mills

GoodGriefWhichDrunkenness

My childhood was very sheltered. I grew up in a palace. But I lived in Morocco as a Moroccan citizen.

Mohammed VI of Morocco

ChildhoodCitizenUpLivedMorocco

I have a great deal of joy in my life, and I'm very fortunate. That combination makes you aware of just how wonderful life can be on the one hand and how dreadful it can be for people on the other. You can't be happy in isolation.

Jonathan Dimbleby

LifeGreatJoyHappyPeopleMy Life

I didn't get married until I was 38.

Don Rickles

GetMarriedGet MarriedUntil

One thing that's important to understand is that it's believed that the pathology of CTE doesn't have to do with concussion so much as it has to do with the accumulation of sub-concussive hits. So every hit matters. If you're subject to 800 or 1,200 of these every year, it accumulates. It's like erosion.

Chris Borland

YearYouImportantUnderstandLike

Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.

Clara Barton

LifeSimpleAccomplishSimple Life

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

Aung San Suu Kyi

HeartPeaceDoorUpPrizeNobel

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