Isabel Allende Quotes

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.

Isabel Allende

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

John Locke

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Both sides have been playing tremendous cricket over a couple of years and they're both very good units.

Matthew Hayden

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I would like Albert Brooks to have received the Oscars for best actor, best director and best screenplay for 'Modern Romance.' I love that movie.

Andy Kindler

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This is what I grew up on in Alsace. It's choucroute. I'd wake up every morning with the smell of cabbage and potatoes and pork.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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I like that band Get Hustle. They're cool live. I haven't heard their records, though.

Stephen Malkmus

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To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.

Sophie Turner

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I've been wearing Supergas forever. I'm always in flats, running around, so it makes sense for me.

Suki Waterhouse

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Longhand isn't well suited to my way of writing. I tend to end up with dozens of pages of crossings-out and margin scribbles just to find one good paragraph, and it's easy to lose your train of thought, working like that.

Steven Hall

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I don't like to read long books.

Tomi Lahren

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Political vitriol is a familiar enough characteristic of American history.

Robert Dallek

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Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources.

Rod Lurie

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I grew up looking at my parents as equals.

Mona Eltahawy

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