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Italo Calvino Quotes

I'm terrified of writing at night, for then I can't sleep. So I start slowly, slowly writing in the morning and go on into the late afternoon.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Morning Sleep Writing Night Start

We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.

Extraordinary Just Everybody Movie

We should give people the freedom to express who they are.

Freedom People Give Who Should

I wasn't an obvious actress in any sense of the word.

Obvious Sense Actress Word Any

I didn't get to be successful by letting people hurt Blackstone or me.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

People Me Hurt Successful Get

I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.

Love Age Respect Time Play Games

I knew that Trump was ghastly. I knew I'd vote for Hillary if I had a vote.

Vote Knew Trump Had Ghastly Hillary

To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.

You Find New Different Word Alert

Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young.

Great Culture People Growing Up

You always have to challenge yourself or else you get soft. Right?

Challenge Yourself You Right Always

As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

Douglas Coupland

Walk Yourself Practice Internet You

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.

Colonel Sanders

Time Food American Country My Time

When I moved to Seattle in fourth grade, I joined the Seattle Girls' Choir. It's a world-class choir, and we competed, toured Europe, and went and sang at the Vatican, so it was a really awesome experience to have that young.

Experience Young Choir Awesome Moved

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