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Jose Saramago

"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are."

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"Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are."

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"Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity."
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"There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything."
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"A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction."
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"I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet."
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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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