Isabel Allende Quotes

Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chilean
  • Birth: August 2, 1942

Topics

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By the late 1980s, there was the beginning of awareness about a significant global landmine problem, and small steps were being taken to try to deal with the problem.

Jody Williams

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Women always think that I'm Chandler, so if I don't joke around for half an hour, they think that something's wrong. Then I explain that I don't have comedy writers scripting everything I'm saying at this particular dinner.

Matthew Perry

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If a law commands me to sin I will break it; if it calls me to suffer, I will let it take its course unresistingly.

Angelina Grimke

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I feel like every day I'm exceedingly lucky.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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Corporations do a lot of things well, but not run nations, for obvious reasons.

Michael Ian Black

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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I think the movie, 'Joy,' has so many touchpoints with so many people because it is about the ordinary, but a lot of the times, the ordinary is extraordinary.

Joy Mangano

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I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his woman.

Armie Hammer

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I'm not one of those stars that goes out and literally dresses to be photographed. I'm kind of a 'what you see is what you get' type of girl when I dress. I go for comfort above everything else.

Anne Hathaway

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It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues.

Philip Gibbs

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As a youngster in the projects, I definitely didn't have anything. So if you get something, you want to be able to give back and help others.

Tyson Chandler

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I'm really diligent; I have a really militant side of my personality that comes out in areas of work. I'm very motivated, you know?

Nikki Reed

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