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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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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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Its an important thing to have a relationship with the director, and have it be a positive one. – Trevor Rabin

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Im positive and I smile a lot, and Im kind of a banana, but serious work just seems to find me, so Im not going to argue with it. – Mireille Enos

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You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people. – Zig Ziglar

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Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction – an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life. – Rick Larsen

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Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, youre saying you have a political conscience but you dont agree with any of the existing parties. – Jose Saramago

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Fear makes us feel our humanity. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Part of the beauty of Judaism, and surely this is so for other faiths also, is that it gently restores control over time. Three times a day we stop what we are doing and turn to God in prayer. We recover perspective. We inhale a deep breath of eternity. – Jonathan Sacks

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