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Quote by Jose Saramago
I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in

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

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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

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Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer. – Jose Saramago

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The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. – Jose Saramago

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The land created me. Im wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, Im more at home in the vacant lots. – Bob Dylan

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The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. Theres just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parents voice to resonate in the childrens ears. – Phil McGraw

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I still watch Idol, and its still the No. 1 show, so obviously Im not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained. – Kelly Clarkson

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The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all. – Voltaire

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