Camilo Jose Cela quotes
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“There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.”
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“Ideas? My head is full of them, one after the other, but they serve no purpose there. They must be put down on paper, one after the other.”
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“When debts are not paid because they cannot be paid, the best thing to do is not talk about them, and shuffle the cards again.”
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“Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.”
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“I am not, sir, a bad person, though in truth I am not lacking in reasons for being one. [Sp., Yo, senor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarian motivos para serlo.]”
-- Camilo Jose Cela
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Source : A. E. Housman (2012). “A Shropshire Lad”, p.43, Courier Corporation
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“If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.”
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“Honestly, I've always had difficulty relaxing, unwinding and going to bed - that kind of stuff.”
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