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Quotes by Argentinian Authors
"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."
"Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed."
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely."
"Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that."
"We must create a kind of globalization that works for everyone... and not just for a few."
"Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms."
"Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich."
"The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall."
"For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make."
"I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does."
"Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing."
"Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes."
"I demanded more rights for women because I know what women had to put up with."
"Where there is a worker, there lies a nation."
"Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease."
"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."
"I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them."
"When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas."
"I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value."
"Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun."
"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity."
"What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction?"
"Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead."
"Answer violence with violence. If one of us falls today, five of them must fall tomorrow."
"Feast of the Holy Innocents The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop."
"I had watched for many years and seen how a few rich families held much of Argentina's wealth and power in their hands. So Peron and the government brought in an eight hour working day , sickness pay and fair wages to give poor workers a fair go ."
"It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard."
"An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition."
"Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence."
"The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing."
"What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people."
"To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is divine, terrible, incomprehensible, is to know that one is immortal."
"I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing."
"I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment."
"There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star."
"I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money."
"I know that, like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have."
"The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory."
"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."
"Silence is argument carried out by other means."
"I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows."
"God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with."
"Why have we had to invent Eden, to live submerged in the nostalgia of a lost paradise, to make up utopias, propose a future for ourselves?"
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