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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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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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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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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Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature. – Keith Haring

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The deaf community is hungry to see itself in the most positive way. – Lupe Ontiveros

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Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his childrens lives. – Larry Elder

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Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us. – David Suzuki

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The real “it is well” is something I say from the ground, having fallen. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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The World Trade Center is a living symbol of mans dedication to world peace… a representation of mans belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. – Minoru Yamasaki

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The failures and successes are necessary for learning. – Wynonna Judd

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Danger and delight grow on one stalk. – Scottish Proverb

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