Quote by Jose Saramago
I never appreciated positive heroes in literature. They are almost

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

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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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Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will. – Zig Ziglar

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Theres been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldnt have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I cant count the ways a directors vision is compromised. – Lili Taylor

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I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile Id get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback. – Kevin J. Anderson

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I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me. – Jamie Redknapp

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