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Italo Calvino Quotes

Politics is marginal, but literature moves along by indirection.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: italian
Birth: October 15, 1923 - September 19, 1985

Topics

Politics Literature Along Moves

I still don't get stopped about anything else anywhere near as much as 'Skins.' The remarkable thing that I've noticed is how far that show has traveled: it's aired all over the world.

World Traveled Over How Far Anything

I enjoy writing. Would I rather be playing golf? No. Would I rather be fishing? No.

Fishing Writing Golf Enjoy Playing

A country is more than an economy. We're a civic society.

Society Country More Economy Civic

I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising, it's just a part of being a girl in 2013.

Girl People Find Say Feminism Just

I always felt like what I was doing wasn't selling toys; I was making a happy sound at Christmas. When people hear something so familiar, it brings them back to a special place, and that's been meaningful for me.

Happy People Me Doing Back Place

I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American.

American Born More I Was Raised

The authority of depression is horrifying. I felt like my brain was busted and that I could never feel good again. I really thought that I was never gonna heal.

Good Depression Brain Feel Good Feel

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut.

Kid Houston Up Favorite Wanted Grew

On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.

Work Beautiful Fight Night Think Up

Weddings have always spooked me.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

Me Always Weddings

In my min,d there is arguably a greater risk of a default on the debt of a U.S. state than there is on the debt of a euro-area member. I consider it unthinkable that a euro-area country would default.

Athanasios Orphanides

Country Debt Risk Greater Would

In Italy, you must think faster than defenders. It is a tough school.

School Tough Think You Must Faster

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