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Quote by Umberto Eco
There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men wh

There are no stories without meaning. And I am one of those men who can find it even when others fail to see it. Afterwards the story becomes the book of the living, like a blaring trumpet that raises from the tomb those who have been dust for centuries…. – Umberto Eco

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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth. – Umberto Eco

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Learning
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Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. – Umberto Eco

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Fear
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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history. – Umberto Eco

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Other Quotes from
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for the soul. – Natalie Kusz, Road Song, 1990

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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. – Jean De La Bruyere

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If you dont know the trees you may be lost in the forest, but if you dont know the stories you may be lost in life. – Anon.

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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. – Italo Calvino

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The feel and beauty of finely crafted wood – the refreshing smell of your workshop – the absorbing joy of cutting and joining that makes the hours race by – These are the reasons you love woodworking. – Jack Neff, Make Your Woodworking Pay for Itself, 1996

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Woodworking

Oh, the sweet lies lurk in kisses! – Heinrich Heine, translated from German by Theodore Martin

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Kissing

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. – Thomas Keller

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Politics is show business for ugly people. – Paul Begala

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