Umberto Eco Quotes

To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.

Umberto Eco

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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My mum used to always say to me, 'What's meant for you won't pass you by,' and it's true. If I didn't get something, it wasn't meant for me.

Jodie Comer

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I would say if you want to write, write what you care about. I think that's the most important thing. I think if you write what you care about, you stand a better chance of having the reader care about your story.

Jerry Spinelli

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I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace.

Matt Lauer

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Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through.

Ann Leckie

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That's the remarkable thing about baseball. The game has a way of having you scratch your head one minute and drive you crazy, and then the next, you're entertained beyond your wildest hopes. That's why it's the best game.

Johnny Bench

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Very simply, I was the original conservative.

Tommy Thompson

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My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

Joyce Maynard

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There are certain fundamental things that scream, 'I just moved to New York.' Things like eating cheesecake at Junior's or heading out to Coney Island to ride the Cyclone.

Chris Gethard

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My passion lies with whatever I'm doing at the time... I only see what is front of me.

Cher

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I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking.

Christina Milian

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I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.

Clare Balding

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I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

Brad Grey

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