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Memory is satisfied desire.

Carlos Fuentes

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Carlos Fuentes
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 11
Died: 2012
Died: May 15
Diplomat
Journalist
Lawyer
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Panamá
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Memory
Memories
Desire

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The women I have loved I have desired for themselves, but also because I feared myself.
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No, it's not that they're bad. It's that they're obliged to pretend they're good. They've been brought up to deceive and be cunning, to protect themselves from our society. I don't want to be like that.
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Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
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Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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I like fighting. I get into rows all the time.
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Reading, writing, teaching, learning, are all activities aimed at introducing civilizations to each other.
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Incredible the animal that first dreamed of another animal.
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Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.
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