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Small: Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the s
"Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I never appreciated positive heroes in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the
"I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been
"I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time
"Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything
"There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien
"The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but its only the outward form of one.
"People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degr
"I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist
"I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have
"When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on"
Luis Figo, Athlete
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Small: I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except cu
"I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to instal
"Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over t
"The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a process of change over the last 20 or 30 years. A civilization ends, another one begins"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didnt know
"In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see
"I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it
"I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I cant imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement
"I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the em
"Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are
"It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die
"In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modif
"I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with the same regularity, I have not modified my habits, I have the same friends"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism.
"Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - its the citizen who changes things
"As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Americans have discovered fear
"Americans have discovered fear"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change.
"Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well know
"I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating
"Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, youre saying you have a pol
"Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts
"Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are
"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many count
"I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either alre
"Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is
"There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a
"Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of ec
"It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: I am not a prophet
"I am not a prophet"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: A human being is a being who is constantly under construction, but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a st
"A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction"
Jose Saramago, Writer
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Small: Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao
"Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect"
Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, Politician
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Small: Look at me and tell me if I dont have Brazil in every curve of my body
"Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body"
Carmen Miranda, Musician
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Small: I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money,
"I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice"
Carmen Miranda, Musician
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