"What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?"

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Source : Umberto Eco (2003). “Baudolino”, p.353, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Umberto Eco

#Dream Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Fleeting Quotes

“For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If an alien visited Earth, they would take some note of humans, but probably spend most of their time trying to understand the dominant form of life on our planet - microorganisms like bacteria and viruses.”
“It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.”
“A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as with chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. The numbers one calculates from the facts seem to me so overwhelming as to put this conclusion almost beyond question.”
“I think it's important how you spend your time. I try to make sure that I'm growing.”
“Some of my most special shooting experiences have been at weekends.”
“When you're running, when you're in elected office, you're surrounded with power. And, so every single day, you have to remind yourself why you're here, and that people put you here for a reason.”
“Sometimes I like to make music together with a singer or with singers.”

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