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That is the dream of all novelists-that one of their characters will become 'somebody.'
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
Jose Saramago
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Globalization is a form of totalitarianism... It is the rich who rule, and the poor live as they can.
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just like everything else in life, let time take its course and it will find a solution.
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I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.
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Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
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...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.
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