"I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles."

-- Antonio Tabucchi

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“You are the absolute creator of what happens to you. This means now. [...] There is awesome power in knowing this fact. As long as there is even one tiny part of you that thinks the world is doing it to you, the world is going to do it to you. When you know 100% that you create it, you will start influencing the world around you in a much bigger and more positive way.”
“I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.”

Source : Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas (1827). “Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America: From a Manuscript Recently Discovered in Spain”, p.50
“A new poll shows that Tiger Woods' popularity has dropped from 85 percent to 33 percent. President Obama's popularity is also at 33 percent, but Tiger had more fun getting there.”
“The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted to working.”
“Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Man cannot survive except by gaining knowledge, and reason is his only means to gain it.”
“Whenever I drink champagne I either laugh or cry...I get so emotional! I love champagne.”
“Date someone who appreciates how worthy you are. I don't care if that person isn't me. A man who appreciates how precious you are. A man who's concerned about whether or not you're feeling cold. A man who can recognize what it is that you need.”

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