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Italo Calvino Quotes

I change my method and field of reference from book to book because I can never believe in the same thing two times running.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Change Book Believe I Can Never Two

I had been terrified of Halloween my entire adult life. Loved it as a kid, but the minute I got out of college, there were little kids at my door demanding candy, which, No. 1, I couldn't afford, and, No. 2, if I had candy, it would be mine.

Life College Door Loved Candy Kid

Bankers - pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted.

John Ralston Saul

God Society Hell Going Been Who

The power that you have as a young woman, unless you have great self-esteem, is largely based on how the rest of the world reacts to you. And so it's kind of a superficial confidence that you have, you know?

Amanda de Cadenet

Confidence Power Great Woman World

I was raised - my mom and dad were dairy farmers. Once you've made a decision to plant a crop for that year, you can't go back and undo that decision.

Decision Mom Plant Year You Back

I've always wanted to drive cross-country.

Drive Always Wanted

I mean, we're really making a quantum change in our relationship to the plant world with genetic modification.

Change Relationship World Plant Mean

The neighborhood where I live has little canals, and there are a lot of houseboats there.

Lukas Forchhammer

Live Little Neighborhood Where Lot

I thought I'd be a professional rugby player or go to university and get some degree in construction.

Construction Thought Professional Go

The liberation children experience when they discover the Internet is quickly counteracted by the lure of e-commerce web sites, which are customized to each individual user's psychological profile in order to maximize their effectiveness.

Douglas Rushkoff

Children Experience Internet Web

I try not to dwell too much on it, but I think everyone gets worried about showing off all their flaws on the beach.

Debra Stephenson

Beach Think Flaws Too Much Try Off

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

Home Hands Done Years Up Own

It's true that when I started out, I was more a fan of attacking players and one in particular: the Brazilian Ronaldo, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima. Another of my idols was Claudio Caniggia, an Argentinian forward with long hair, who I liked a lot. It's because of him that I started to grow my hair long!

Hair Forward Grow Long Long Hair

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