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There are two kinds of friendship: one is genuine affection, the other is inability to refuse.
Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 5
Died: 2016
Died: February 19
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If you want to use television to teach somebody, you must first teach them how to use television.
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All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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In other words, although I don't like them, we do need noble-spirited souls.
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