"I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book"

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#Book Quotes #Able Quotes

“I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem.”
“I was surprised by how forces in the community could mobilize against a community changing. There were many examples of this. In St. George, members of the Latino community proposed having a "Dixie Fiesta." The resistance to that surprised me.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.”
“Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded.”
“Drinking beer in a children's playground is an old Soviet tradition.”

Source : Sergei Lukyanenko (2013). “The New Watch: (Night Watch 5)”, p.195, Random House
“Individual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation.”

Source : Frederick Seitz (2012). “The Science Matrix: The Journey, Travails, Triumphs”, p.39, Springer Science & Business Media
“People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own integrity.”
“I find thatâ€™s one of the great things about acting-you have the opportunity to stand in somebody elseâ€™s shoes. Each character faces a dilemma in her life, and as an actor youâ€™re able to step into that characterâ€™s skin, look through her eyes. You leave transformed, a different person, because once you live a little bit of someoneâ€™s life, it changes you.”

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