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A stomach accustomed to hunger is satisfied with very little.
Jose Saramago
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Jose Saramago
Age: 87 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 16
Died: 2010
Died: June 18
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
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When all is said and done, what is clear is that all lives end before their time.
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We say Fine, even though we may be dying, and this is commonly known as taking one's courage in both hands, a phenomenon that has only been observed in the human species.
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We've all had our moments of weakness, and if we manage to get through today without any, we'll be sure to have some tomorrow.
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For human words are like shadows, and shadows are incapable of explaining light and between shadow and light there is the opaque body from which words are born.
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I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?
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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.
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when you are old and realize that time is running out, you start imagining that you have the cure for all the ills of the world in your hand, and get frustrated because no one pays you any attention.
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There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity.
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Men are all the same, they think that because they came out of the belly of a woman they know all there is to know about women.
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Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.
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