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Félix J. Palma
"...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help me escape from reality."
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Source : Félix J. Palma (2012). “The Map of the Sky: A Novel”, p.474, Simon and Schuster
Félix J. Palma
#Book Quotes
#Reality Quotes
#Helping Quotes
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“I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.”
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“Jesse Helms has never been an invincible man.”
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“I said: "He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much." "But he is a Beast," said Father helplessly. I saw that he was weakening, and wishing only to comfort him I said, "Cannot a Beast be tamed?”
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“Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is akin to committing a copycat crime.”
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“If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.”
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“Music has a bonding power, it's primal social cement”
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“The problems we face today, violent conflicts, destruction of nature, poverty, hunger and so on, are human-created problems which can be resolved through human effort, understanding and the development of a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. We need to cultivate a universal responsibility for one another and the planet we share.”
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“What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation, a self-forgetful, perfectly useless concentration.”
