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Umberto Eco Quotes

My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Father Accountant His

Batroc is a laughable character. I'm the one who always makes fun of him.

Character Fun Him Always Who Makes

I studied the philosophy and the discipline of non-violence in Nashville as a student. And I staged a sitting-in in the fall of 1959 and got arrested the first time in February 1960.

Time Discipline February Philosophy

I've grown up with kids watching me and as they're growing up, I'm growing up.

Me Growing Up Growing Watching Up

If my life were a song the title would be 'The Comeback Kid.'

Stefano Langone

Life Song Comeback My Life Kid Were

I'm very proud of 'Backatown,' and usually I don't like to listen to my records.

Trombone Shorty

Proud Listen Records Like Very

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

People Fame True Will Anything Seem

I am convinced that the steps contained in H.R. 624 are reasonable, acceptable, and valuable. The vast majority of members of Congress who take the time to study this legislation will agree.

Time I Am Congress Will Study Steps

If you look at my career and you look at the span of my work and the things I have done, as far as to garner fame, you'll see that I have turned down more interviews than I do. Or I turn down more things than I do.

Work You Look Career Down Done

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

Today World Questions Question

We have to really think about where our food is coming from. The hormones being put in the stuff we eat - all of that contributes to cancer.

Christina Applegate

Food Think Eat Coming Cancer Where

Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.

William Gurnall

Truth Great Child Grace Strong Bear

My ambition in the cinema, since I came across it, was to play Chance... I have realized that ambition, and so I have no more.

Ambition Chance Cinema Play More

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