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Eduardo Galeano Quotes

I'm a writer obsessed with remembering: with remembering the past of America above all - and above all, that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to forgetfulness.

Eduardo Galeano

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: uruguayan
Birth: September 3, 1940 - April 13, 2015

Topics

Past America Land Remembering Above

If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.

Jerome K. Jerome

Rest Enough You Foolish Show

The books on my nightstand are so bizarre, very eclectic - like, every German author, and then I have a couple of books by this ex-boyfriend of mine there. I just want to make sure that he's not too much better than I am!

Jenny Mollen

I Am Better Too Much Want Mine Sure

I know I sometimes come across as being quite dismissive about acting. But I'm not. It's like people reading their diaries in public. I don't want to talk about how I create characters. I find it self-indulgent.

Maxine Peake

People Reading Find Acting Create

How did I end up in films with people like Keira Knightley... all these beautiful leading ladies and me - it's kind of shocking.

Steve Carell

Beautiful People Me End Kind Up

I'm the dirtiest of the dirty. I mess up all the time. I suck as a Christian. I can't stand religion. But I love Jesus, and I'm trying.

Sonny Sandoval

Love Time Religion Stand Christian

The truth is, as much as I loved writing restaurant reviews, it always felt very self-indulgent to me. It was so much fun, I loved doing it, but there's so much else to say about food.

Ruth Reichl

Truth Food Fun Me Writing Truth Is

Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.

Mireille Guiliano

Yourself You Alive Need Refresh

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

Louis Leakey

Water Back Head Anatomy Bullet Neck

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms.

Jon Meacham

Women Slavery Divorce Authority More

I love Tate Modern; there's such great style and shopping here. I love the galleries and the pubs out on the street, just having your pint as the sun is setting.

Drew Barrymore

Love Great Style Sun Shopping Out

I was someone who believed that every day should be different from the last.

Claire Messud

Day Be Different Someone Every Day

Growing up with my father's legacy, we never felt that we had to do anything, but we were always raised to think: What could be better than to explore the wonders of the world and share that with people? To try and make the world a better place. And I guess it stuck.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Father People Growing Up Legacy