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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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There are more people than you think who want to have a challenging experience, in which they are obliged to reflect about the past. – Umberto Eco

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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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Australian Aborigines say that the big stories—the stories worth telling and retelling, the ones in which you may find the meaning of your life—are forever stalking the right teller, sniffing and tracking like predators hunting their prey in the bush. – Robert Moss

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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. – John Barth

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Time, the earth, and death are living things, as stories are — so long as other living things exist to feed them, and for them to nourish in their turn. – Robert Bringhurst, 1995, Introduction to The Dreamer Awakes by Alice Kane

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Live simply that others might simply live. – Elizabeth Ann Seton

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I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesnt let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom. – Hilary Duff

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Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them. – Jean Kerr

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People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors. – Edmund Burke

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