Quote by Juan Goytisolo
In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, t

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses societys feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. – Juan Goytisolo

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Marks of Identity is, among other things, the expression of the process of alienation in a contemporary intellectual with respect to his own country. – Juan Goytisolo

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respect
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In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. – Juan Goytisolo

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Poetry
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When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. – Juan Goytisolo

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architecture
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When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? – Wynton Marsalis

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Duty cannot exist without faith. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Faith

If there are Muslims who believe that theyve got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, theres no doubt about that. – George Carey

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Faith

A mission is a place where you ask nonbelievers to come and find faith and hope and feel love. – Robert H. Schuller

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Faith

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There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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He who sits by the fire, thankless for the fire, is just as if he had no fire. Nothing is possessed save in appreciation, of which thankfulness is the indispensable ingredient. – W.J. Cameron

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Fire

Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off. – English Proverb

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A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years… A day of temporal tune up! – Vera Nazarian

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