Umberto Eco Quotes

How does a person feel when looking at the sky? He thinks that he doesn't have enough tongues to describe what he sees. Nevertheless, people have never stopping describing the sky, simply listing what they see.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.

Jody Lynn Nye

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We can make science personal, like a love story or your best friend.

Jim Sullivan

LoveFriendScienceBestBest Friend

I've always loved the idea of the rookie cop vs. the grizzled veteran. A lot of comedy can be mined from that.

Jermaine Fowler

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The financial crisis involved significant failures in the functioning, regulation, and supervision of OTC derivatives markets.

Jerome Powell

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I was a pretty disruptive student in class in school. I had a hard time paying attention. I had what they call A.D.D. now, back then I was just a hyper kid.

John Corbett

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I like all of the mental, psychological thriller movies too. I enjoy horror movies across the board.

Sophia Bush

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Working is bad enough in the winter, but in the summer it can become completely intolerable. Stuck in airless offices, every fibre of our being seems to cry out for freedom. We're reminded of being stuck in double maths while the birds sing outside.

Tom Hodgkinson

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I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkWillLikeAgainReallyTerms

Usually, the fairy tale ends with the girl marrying the prince. But mine started as soon as the marriage was over.

Diane von Furstenberg

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The 'conspiracy theorist' is no longer a crazy person with a tinfoil hat, but they are the Edward Snowdens and the WikiLeaks that bring down major institutions and are the catalysts for social change.

Dean Haglund

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The thing about Luke Cage that makes him different is - on the surface is he's a hero for hire; Luke Cage wants to get paid. Luke Cage in the comic books is like, 'I'm doing this stuff. It's all well and good, but I gotta make a dollar.'

Cheo Hodari Coker

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My first novel was turned down by about twenty publishers over a period of two and a half years. Because my name is Irish and would not be familiar to English editors, one of them said: 'If she writes anything else, do let us know.' Slowly, very slowly, the books began to sell and be noticed.

Colm Toibin

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