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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 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

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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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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

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Im a married man. If I want sex at this particular point in my life, I go home for it. – Davy Jones

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Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms. – William J. Bennett

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A mans house is his castle. – James Otis

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Its simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once theyre done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, its what they see. Thats where my head is at. – Denzel Washington

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