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Umberto Eco Quotes

I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: italian
Birth: January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016

Topics

Without Define Being Different Text

I consider myself a progressive Republican. I am liberal on social issues.

Meghan McCain

Myself I Am Republican Progressive

I have occasionally - if ever I do interviews that are difficult or nerve-wracking - I take my wife's dog tags and have them in my pocket because it's a very quick way to realize that what I'm doing is not that important. It's not really worth getting stressed about because it's not, you know, war.

John Oliver

Dog Wife War Doing Worth You

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

Anna Lindh

Development Economic Development Trade

Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.

Ambrose Bierce

Art Gift Color White Fools Making

I play a character called Lieutenant Delcourt who, in the original comics, pops up from time to time to rescue Tintin. I guess if you've grown up watching movies like 'Jaws' and 'Indiana Jones,' it's pretty surreal to find yourself on set with Steven Spielberg directing you.

Tony Curran

Character Time Yourself You Play Up

This overpowering relief of love conquering any kind of difficulty and hardship in life - that love is forever, even with people that we lost in the physical world.

Rob Halford

Life Love Love Is People World Lost

It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

Mary J. Blige

Smile Best You Want Hurts Thing

To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful.

Mike Schultz

Team Colors Powerful Country Compete

To spoon-feed people their comedy is not the proper evolution of the art.

Michael Mosley

Art People Comedy Evolution Proper

Keep America strong. Strong in our values, strong in our economy, and strong in our military might. We hope to never have to use our military strength, but the world counts on a strong America to keep the worst actors from doing the worst things.

Mitt Romney

Strength Hope World Strong Doing

I think I have experience in rowing, and that has given me some ability to go about racing. I'm lucky genetically. I have a good VO2 max - I can hold a lot of air in my lungs - and that definitely helps.

Bryan Volpenhein

Good Experience Me Think Racing Go

I had been doing theater since I was a kid, so the stage really felt like home to me. It felt like the place where I trust myself the most in the world and felt the most confident.

Ari Graynor

Home Myself Trust Me World Doing