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Italo Calvino Quotes

A classic is a work which persists as a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Present Classic Noise Even

Towards the end of 2005, Ineos acquired Innovene, the petrochemicals arm of BP, for $9 billion. It quadrupled the size of Ineos overnight and brought with it some of the world's largest industrial sites.

World End Size Industrial Overnight

The exploration for oil and gas off our shores can play a role in making energy more affordable and accessible... However, effective safety measures must be in place, and exploration must be done in an environmentally sensitive manner that in no way interferes with our military.

Safety Energy Exploration Place Play

I like pin-up girls. I'm more of a boy than a girl. I'm not a lesbian, though - not before a sambuca anyway.

Girl Boy More Lesbian Like Than

It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.

Truth Think Help Say Matter Things

At that point, I sat down and made an alphabetical list of all the crime related words I could think of. So here I am now, nearly half-way through, probably tied up until the year 2015 or SO.

Words I Am Think Year Down Now

If you think your average Trump voter in Ohio hates Washington, you should see what Washington thinks about the Trump voter in Ohio.

Think You Washington See Average

When I first got into the league, I just used to run. Just run the route. Really no technique to it. I really couldn't separate myself from the defender.

Myself Run First Used Got Just

My Struggles is a record close to me. It's about what I went through at home living with an abusive father.

Father Home Me Living Struggles

When I finished reading '100 Years of Solitude,' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I got really sad. I thought, 'This will never happen for me, for the first time, ever again.' Then I opened 'Beauty Is a Wound.' It's a completely different story and writing style, but it has a similar place in my heart now.

Beauty Heart Sad Time Style Me

But I was in the Radiohead studio today and Phil was there drumming and Thom was there playing. We feel like we've only just stopped and already people are wanting us to carry on.

Jonny Greenwood

Today People Feel Carry Playing Us

The final outcome of a war is often determined by the degree of initiative shown on each side.

Chiang Kai-shek

War Initiative Degree Determined

I think my most happy and carefree state was 2012 because I really did say, 'Forget everything. I'm going to play for myself.'

Myself Happy Think Play Forget Say

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