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Tupac Shakur 154
rapper and actor 1971–1996Barack Obama 1158
44th President of the United States of America 1961William Shakespeare 699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616George Orwell 473
English author and journalist 1903–1950Oscar Wilde 812
Irish writer and poet 1854–1900Recommended quotes
Variant: No, he is not tactful, yet have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet, at the same time, beautiful?
Source: A Room with a View
“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.”
Variant: Adventures do occur, but not punctually. Life rarely gives us what we want at the moment we consider appropriate.
Source: A Passage to India
“I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.”
Vincent Van Gogh
(1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
“Let's split open our figures and place the environment inside them.”
Vladimir Tatlin
(1885–1953) Russian artist
Quote before 1920; ac cited by Christina Lodder, in Russian Constructivism, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983), 17
Quotes, 1910 - 1925
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“Literature must avoid propaganda or moralism if it truly wants to be critical and open.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“The city becomes an ideal metaphor for how I perceive human beings.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“The city is not just a setting, but also a character with its own voice.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“Poets are here to disturb the status quo.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“Telling stories from the margins is a symbolic act of justice.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“From the margins, one can speak with irony, tenderness, and rage.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/
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“Proud to be a "damn South American" and not a "suck-up" to the United States.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.
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“School is not a daycare center.”
José Baroja
(1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop.
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