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Umberto Eco Quotes

Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Opinions Worth True More Most Than

Something's been guiding me around throughout my life.

Life Me My Life Something Been

To play in the Olympics, to play for your country, there's nothing like it. You love doing it and I'm looking forward to it again. We're all looking forward to trying to win another gold.

Love Looking Forward Gold Win Doing

I graduated from high school in 1963. There were no computers, cell phones, Internet, credit cards, cassette tapes or cable TV.

Jeffrey Gitomer

School Computers High School Credit

I had a deal with CNN and had no intention of going back to the music business, but you know, it's Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Business Music You Back Intention

I was fooled a bit during 'Laguna Beach.' I was 17, 18 years old, and I thought they just wanted to shoot a documentary, and that it probably wouldn't end up anywhere, anyway. Little did we know about the power of editing. I had no idea that it was going to be the soap drama that it was, but I picked up on that pretty quickly.

Stephen Colletti

Power Beach Thought End Drama Know

I want to live with that sense with the music I make, with the art I make, with the way I love my kids, with the way I am a father and a husband and a friend and a follower of Christ, I want to live with reckless abandonment to the truth of the Gospel.

Steven Curtis Chapman

Love Friend Father Live Music Truth

As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.

You Want Actor Always Your Root

Relationships are personal, even in business, so sharing some of yourself and taking an interest in others helps to build trust and break down walls.

Business Trust Walls Yourself Down

There was a little less pressure to be fit on 'The Avengers' than 'Captain America.' I had just finished 'Captain America,' so I was already built. Plus, 'Captain America' has that one scene dramatic scene where my transformation is revealed. 'The Avengers' has not one shirtless scene.

Transformation Pressure America Where

I want to do something creative, not just easy.

Creative Easy Want Something Just

My childhood dream was to win the Olympics, and I've done that. Everything else is icing on the cake.

Childhood Cake Win Dream Done Icing

I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love narrative. I was academic. I wasn't particularly athletic. I didn't make the drill team. I didn't go out for sports.

Love Sports Team Growing Up Story

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