"Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the depths of our souls. The day arrives when the guilty must return to save those who could not find the courage to leave."
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"I remember that - you know, I didn't receive a formal education. I was educated in the Montevideo cafe, in the cafes of Montevideo. There, I received my first lessons in the art of telling stories, storytelling."
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."
"The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open and honest. That's the best way of doing damage control and positioning yourself for success."
"You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it."
"The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows."
"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."
"I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves."
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love."
"...atheism is not a conscious act of turning away from all gods. It is simply the final destination for those who think. ...you will be pleased to discover that the sky does not fall down on your head. ... if you still want to pray, you can (the success rate of your prayers is unlikely to change)."
"There seems to be no lengths to which humorless people will not go to analyze humor. It seems to worry them."
"What we wait around a lifetime for with one person, we can find in a moment with someone else."
"One Size Fits All Life Strategy Smile first.Ask questions later."
"The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in."
"Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards."
"There is nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it."
"What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?"
"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."
"When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: "Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think!"
"What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing."
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