Carlos Ruiz Zafon Quotes

I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic and tragic.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: September 25, 1964

Topics

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Over the course of your life, you realize more and more who you are and how you want to spend your time. And it became clearer and clearer that I was very unhappy as an actress and didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. When I was younger, I thought it was because I wasn't successful enough.

Jennifer Salt

LifeTimeThoughtUnhappyEnough

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

John Osborne

SuccessFailureWaitingJustThing

People are always going to assume I got my roles because of my father. There's not much I can do about that. He and I talk about the business sometimes, but he's my dad.

Spencer Grammer

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I'm the son of highly functioning parents who I'm incredibly lucky to have.

Tom Hooper

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No one knows when a robot will approach human intelligence, but I suspect it will be late in the 21st century. Will they be dangerous? Possibly. So I suggest we put a chip in their brain to shut them off if they have murderous thoughts.

Michio Kaku

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I would say the best Croatian player in 2014 was Ivan Rakitic, leading Sevilla to Europa League glory and earning a big transfer to Barcelona.

Luka Modric

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Yeah, pretending to ride a horse is actually a lot harder than riding a horse.

Josh Hopkins

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I've been a huge fan of virtually every incarnation and spin-off of the 'Star Trek' franchise (don't get me started on 'Voyager,' though), but there's something about the purity of the original series that really appeals to me.

Chris Roberson

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Canadian hockey fans... They boo me every time I go anywhere. Because I play for Team USA.

Brett Hull

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The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

Bruce Feirstein

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Clean, tasty, real foods do not come processed in boxes or bags; they come from the earth, the sea, the field, or the farm.

Suzanne Somers

SeaFarmEarthCleanRealBoxes

We will literally send a van and a photographer to the home of anybody that can say they can't get a picture made and a photo ID and we will do it... at the state's cost and the taxpayer cost and not at the individual cost.

Phil Gingrey

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