Jose Saramago Quotes - Page 9

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• I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.

  Jose Saramago

  Book, Writing, Who I Am

  "Still a street-fighting man". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2006.

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• ...this is the way fate usually treats us, it's right there behind us, it has already reached out a hand to touch us on the shoulder while we're still muttering to ourselves, It's all over, that's it, who cares anyhow.

  Jose Saramago

  Fate, Hands, Who Cares

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• I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet.

  Jose Saramago

  Positive, Usa, America

  "Interview with Jose Saramago, Author of Blindness". Political Affairs Magazine Interview, www.politicalaffairs.net. March 2006.

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• If I could repeat my childhood, I would repeat it exactly as it was, with the poverty, the cold, little food, with the flies and pigs, all that.

  Jose Saramago

  Pigs, Childhood, Littles

  Interview with Edney Silvestre, 2007.

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• Ah, in every age there is always some new wonder to astound mankind until they grow accustomed to it and lose interest.

  Jose Saramago

  Age, Wonder, Mankind

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• With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.

  Jose Saramago

  Blood, Color, Tears

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• The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

  Jose Saramago

  Space, Done, Maps

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• I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

  Jose Saramago

  Novelists, Poetic, Playwright

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• The time for miracles has either passed or not come yet, besides, miracles, genuine miracles, whatever people say, are not such a good idea, if it means destroying the very order of things in order to improve them.

  Jose Saramago

  Mean, Order, Ideas

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