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Italo Calvino Quotes

My stories are full of facts; they have a beginning and an end. For that reason, they will never... occupy a place in contemporary literature.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Beginning Facts End Literature Place

As a Midlander and a big walker, I'd always loved ridge and furrow fields, the plough-marked land as it was when it was enclosed. It is the landscape giving you a story of lives that ended with the arrival of sheep.

Story Loved Giving Landscape Sheep

My father encouraged me to work in the library, just because it was the world that he knew. But I also wanted to do it. I also wanted to work in the library and be part of the library somehow, because it represented a world that really wasn't represented in my home, and I wanted it to be.

Work Father Home Me World Library

My outfits also need to be low-key. I'm a huge fan of boots, sandals, jeans and tank tops! Anything I can move in easily.

Jennifer Nettles

Boots I Can Need Jeans Anything Fan

Unfortunately, not all stories end positively.

End Stories Unfortunately Positively

People of color grow up steeped in 'white' culture. The reverse is not true. And, no, listening to hip-hop on the way to work does not count as immersion.

Work Culture People Listening Color

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

America Ferrera

Parents Me Speak Answer English

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Life God Life Is A Perfect Parable

When is population going to become an accepted part of the food debate? If it's fine to encourage people to think about halving their meat consumption, can we really not cope with a conversation about how many children we have?

Tristram Stuart

Children Food People Think Debate

Regina Spektor is great. I can't wait to see what more she's capable of.

Great Wait More She Capable See

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Joseph Campbell

Life Opportunities Find Within Seems

Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year.

War Cold End Year Cold War Big

Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.

Jonathan Anderson

Hope People Think New Will Industry

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