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Isabel Allende Quotes

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Nature Dreams Power Magic Mystery

Throughout my career, when I have been rejected, there was sometimes subtext, and it was this: People will not read your work because these are not universal stories.

Work People Career Sometimes Will

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

Love Learning Happy Me Long I Can

Washington faces many challenges these days, and today's United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.

Today People Challenges Choices More

Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents.

Children Challenge Parents Rules

Uber is a global business. We don't think just in terms of the U.S.

Travis Kalanick

Business Think Uber Global Just

I really do prioritise humour in people. It's a sign of intelligence. One of the most important things I heard that moulded me was Derek and Clive. That sense of release when I heard them for the first time, crying and laughing, was akin to seeing Sonic Youth for the first time.

Time Intelligence People Me Youth

I never got too specialized but did like the Southern Gothic writers like William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Never Got Southern Like Gothic Did

When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bowler hats. It was into this world that I launched my new ideas about fashion.

City Ideas World Fashion Hats New

Pathos and poignancy are, to me, tactics and techniques; in my work as a writer, I fetch them from my toolbox and use them as required.

Work Me Tactics Writer Use Pathos

Your children don't have to fear you to respect you.

Fear Children Respect You Your

I think my formative experiences were really in junior high, where at a typical public school we were doing little genetic experiments, very classic experiments.

School Think Doing Classic High

We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience... you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.

Small You Focused Mean Audience Web

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