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A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.
Michel Houellebecq
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Michel Houellebecq
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.
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Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of minor interest. Thus it is possible to imagine a depressed lover, while the idea of a depressed patriot seems frankly inconceivable.
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I am for the muscles. I would like to have a lot of muscles, because women like it. I'm for bodybuilding, but it's very exhausting.
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In my own writing, I think of myself as a realist who exaggerates a little.
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Active people don't change the world profoundly ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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I think it's more difficult to live without a religion, definitely.
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Islam is a dangerous religion.
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Beds last on an average much longer than marriages.
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As a teenager, Michel believed that suffering conferred dignity on a person. Now he had to admit that he had been wrong. What conferred dignity on people was television.
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I admit that invective is one of my pleasures. This only brings me problems in life, but that's it. I attack, I insult. I have a gift for that, for insults, for provocation. So I am tempted to use it.
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I think that if writers don't speak about real life, it's because they don't know it.
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The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.
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When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.
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On Sunday morning I went out for a while in the neighbourhood I bought some raisin bread. The day was warm but a little sad, as Sundays often are in Paris, especially when one doesn't believe in God.
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Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.
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The triumph of vegetation is total.
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In reality, the monotheist texts preach neither peace, love nor tolerance. They are texts of hate.
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People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.
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Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.
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The most stupid religion is Islam.
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