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In my lifetime, the world has become better, not worse. And the world is moving, very slowly but surely with more democracy and more liberal way of thinking, more inclusion and more diversity.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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Diversity
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Youth is not a period in life but a state of mind.
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We want a world where life is preserved, and the quality of life is enriched for everybody, not only for the privileged.
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I was born in the middle of World War II, the middle of the Holocaust I was born when there was no declaration of human rights, when feminism was not an issue, when children were working in factories. I mean, today's world is a better place!
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I've been so thoroughly incorporated into the California culture that I practice meditation and go to a therapist, even though I always set a trap: during my meditation I invent stories to keep from being bored, and in therapy I invent stories to keep from boring the psychologist.
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He was not oppressed by a crowd because in the midst of all the hullabaloo he always found a quiet place for his soul.
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fiction happens in the belly, it doesn't happen in the brain.
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Give, give, give-what is the point of having experience, knowledge or talent if I don't give it away?
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Conceit is a privilege of the ignorant the wise man is humble because he knows how little he knows.
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Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time.
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