Isabel Allende Quotes

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon it. I have piles of half-read books waiting for me to get acute hepatitis or some other serious condition that would force me to rest so that I could read more.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I really don't listen to Led Zeppelin that much.

Jimmy Page

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Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.

Joe Theismann

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Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.

John Berger

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I think the '60s and '70s were the peak period for the singer-songwriter, for sure.

Andrew Gold

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Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.

John Hickenlooper

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Love's stronger than fear and death.

Steve Hackett

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I lived Real Madrid, with all the perfect things to grow up.

Alvaro Morata

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So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents.

Steven Pinker

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I'm kind of pleased with myself that I've got a tailor on Savile Row. I'm 68 years old. I deserve it.

Tommy Lee Jones

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I don't want to be labeled one thing. My main thing I care about is being able to create the things I want to do with my friends, whatever platform that is.

Derek Waters

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I'm glad I lived such a full life before I settled down into a family because I got to enjoy it and get it out of my system.

Drew Barrymore

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Owning my identity... ties into my value of dignity.

Chelsea Manning

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