Alberto Manguel
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If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity. ALBERTO MANGUEL I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened... ALBERTO MANGUEL I know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as w... ALBERTO MANGUEL I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I fou... ALBERTO MANGUEL During the day, the library is a realm of order. ALBERTO MANGUEL If the library in the morning suggests an echo of the severe and reasonable wishful order of the wor... ALBERTO MANGUEL My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgo... ALBERTO MANGUEL Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what... ALBERTO MANGUEL Until I came to Canada I never knew 'snow' was a four letter word ALBERTO MANGUEL At night, here in the library, the ghosts have voices. ALBERTO MANGUEL A writer stops writing the moment he or she puts the last full stop to their text, and at that point... ALBERTO MANGUEL The world encyclopedia, the universal library, exists, and it is the world itself. ALBERTO MANGUEL As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to t... ALBERTO MANGUEL But a reader's ambition knows no bounds. ALBERTO MANGUEL Readers, censors know, are defined by the books they read. ALBERTO MANGUEL Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and import... ALBERTO MANGUEL Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ... ALBERTO MANGUEL We can imagine the books we'd like to read, even if they have not yet been written, and we can imagi... ALBERTO MANGUEL In any of my pages in any of my books may life a perfect account of my secret experience of the worl... ALBERTO MANGUEL Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if ... ALBERTO MANGUEL Darkness promotes speech. ALBERTO MANGUEL Geschichten sind unser Gedächtnis, Bibliotheken die Lagerstätten für dieses Gedächtnis und Lesen... ALBERTO MANGUEL The starting point is a question. ALBERTO MANGUEL I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know ... ALBERTO MANGUEL Ultimately, the number of books always exceeds the space they are granted. ALBERTO MANGUEL We are losing our common vocabulary, built over thousands of years to help and delight and instruct ... ALBERTO MANGUEL I had a library of maybe 1,000 books in my room in Buenos Aires. I did have the sense that everythin... ALBERTO MANGUEL The stories that unfold in the space of a writer's study, the objects chosen to watch over a desk, t... ALBERTO MANGUEL Immaterial as water, too vast for any mortal apprehension, the Web's outstanding qualities allow us ... ALBERTO MANGUEL Readers are bullied in schoolyards and in locker-rooms as much as in government offices and prisons. ALBERTO MANGUEL If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we ... ALBERTO MANGUEL I remember, as a child, the confusion of not knowing what this place was where I was supposed to spe... ALBERTO MANGUEL It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and ... ALBERTO MANGUEL I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was... ALBERTO MANGUEL I can understand that there are those who can think and imagine the world without words, but I think... ALBERTO MANGUEL The telling of stories creates the real world. ALBERTO MANGUEL In no way am I demeaning writing or any other form of art because it's popular. What I'm say... ALBERTO MANGUEL We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... ai... ALBERTO MANGUEL From fire, water, the passage of time, neglectful readers, and the hand of the censor, each of my bo... ALBERTO MANGUEL At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a book—that string of confused, alien ... ALBERTO MANGUEL As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of... ALBERTO MANGUEL Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge. ALBERTO MANGUEL In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering a... ALBERTO MANGUEL نحن ما نقرؤه. ALBERTO MANGUEL Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what i... ALBERTO MANGUEL Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes... ALBERTO MORAVIA The market is getting ready for re-election to go ahead. ALBERTO RAMOS A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act... ALBERTO RAMOS Investment spending continues to be very vigorous. There was 26 percent growth in investment in the ... ALBERTO RAMOS Tenure of a university president is generally four to five years. ALBERTO PIMENTEL We still have a couple more weeks to come up with a slate of candidates. If you are happy with the q... ALBERTO PIMENTEL Things are going extremely well. We got a great deal of response from individuals right after the ad... ALBERTO PIMENTEL He has a positive reputation. The more I talked to him and the more time I spent with him, he seems ... ALBERTO PIMENTEL In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which... ALBERTO MORAVIA Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they w... ALBERTO MORAVIA There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to... ALBERTO MORAVIA When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in ... ALBERTO MORAVIA We are all here against illegal immigration. What we're for is legal immigration. ALBERTO MONSERRATE It would be almost humorous if the consequences weren't so bad. I have talked to so many people who ... ALBERTO MONSERRATE I think the anger that I'm seeing right now in the Latino community is like nothing I've seen before... ALBERTO MONSERRATE The sleeping giant has awoken. I don't think Minnesota has probably seen a march this big in quite a... ALBERTO MONSERRATE We have to see in the next couple of days if the Chinese government will congratulate Cardinal Zen o... ALBERTO MELLONI He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had. ALBERTO MELLONI This sends support to Boston, the church that has suffered most in the Catholic communion. The pope ... ALBERTO MELLONI This pope wants to get to the essentials. He wants to be listened to. It's clarity he's after, not s... ALBERTO MELLONI This can be done in a thousand different ways, but the question is: Will collegiality have a turning... ALBERTO MELLONI Those red shoes have made quite an impression. ALBERTO MELLONI He has to decide whether to hold a synod different from the past, in which bishops have the possibil... ALBERTO MELLONI This is not a friendly match. One side holds up John Paul's banner in support of conservative positi... ALBERTO MELLONI Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Chri... ALBERTO MELLONI Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experi... ALBERTO MELLONI Needless to say we had nothing to do with that. We are wondering who did it. ALBERTO MARTINEZ These numbers are not important to us because Republican voters focus on principle, not public polls... ALBERTO MARTINEZ When you subtract the million dollars Charlie Crist raised from the biggest casino owner on the East... ALBERTO MARTINEZ I even like Taco Bell. I love the beef burrito supreme. I don't like their tacos, but I'll go there ... ALBERTO MARTINEZ I think this is important to the community. It is hard for us to go to the landfill through the week... ALBERTO MARTINEZ That we have the organization to do it. That's what this tour is about: proving there is no front-ru... ALBERTO MARTINEZ Waiting six hours to get one bag of ice and six bottles of water is not a good thing. ALBERTO MARTINEZ We're way ahead of schedule in terms of staff, in terms of events held, and in terms of money raised... ALBERTO MARTINEZ The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay ... ALBERTO MARTINEZ To us it's not important where the other guy is. It's important where we are and what our internal g... ALBERTO MARTINEZ We are working very closely with the [unions] and providing a positive outlet for anyone who wants t... ALBERTO LOPEZ Whatever is in the release is what we're saying officially. ALBERTO LOPEZ The casino never closed. We worked in cooperation with Metro and as for the casino, the customer vol... ALBERTO LOPEZ We reached out to other casinos on the Strip, but everyone was filled. Our main effort was to make o... ALBERTO LOPEZ It's not just a slot machine parlor. It's part of a thriving, overall massive redevelopment opportun... ALBERTO LOPEZ Obviously, we're competing against a city's hockey team. We're offering a project that is the redeve... ALBERTO LOPEZ There's moderate damage at (Harrah's) New Orleans, but no interior damage. The people of Biloxi, as ... ALBERTO LOPEZ We have no firsthand knowledge because of the amount of devastation at the Mississippi properties. W... ALBERTO LOPEZ My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support ... ALBERTO JUANTORENA In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport. ALBERTO JUANTORENA If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes long... ALBERTO JUANTORENA I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport. ALBERTO JUANTORENA I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track o... ALBERTO JUANTORENA I believe the Athletes Commission has an important role at this moment. We need to protect the image... ALBERTO JUANTORENA I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we... ALBERTO JUANTORENA Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion. ALBERTO JUANTORENA And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, t... ALBERTO JUANTORENA The station never corroborated that immigration was there. We had phone calls on the air cautioning ... ALBERTO GONZALEZ We just informed the people to be cautious. If they were working, we told them to call home and ask ... ALBERTO GONZALEZ I believe Governor Perry has done his part and now it's up to the federal government to do its part, ALBERTO GONZALEZ I believe Gov. Perry has done his part, and now it's up to the federal government to do its part, ALBERTO GONZALEZ hey, why don't you do it? ALBERTO GONZALEZ There was no possibility that anyone could survive the impact. It is very likely that everyone died ... ALBERTO GONZALEZ The scourge of methamphetamine demands unconventional thinking and innovative solutions to fight the... ALBERTO GONZALEZ That is the very question that we are investigating. What happened? ALBERTO GONZALEZ As you might imagine, he's got many friends that he'll see as he travels . . . and they'll suggest t... ALBERTO GONZALES This may be the most important thing a president does. ALBERTO GONZALES We take each individual, each case, case by case, ALBERTO GONZALES we are bringing this prosecution at this time because it is the appropriate thing to do. ALBERTO GONZALES There has been significant litigation with respect to Mr. Padilla, and he has had access to counsel,... ALBERTO GONZALES I really lack the words to compliment myself today. ALBERTO TOMBA ALBERTO VILLOLDO ALBERTO VILLOLDO ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR What comes, when it comes, will be what it is. ALBERTO CAEIRO I was born subject like others to errors and defects,ALBERTO CAEIRO And I find a happiness in the fact of accepting —ALBERTO CAEIRO Accept the universeALBERTO CAEIRO These corrections are very healthy. ALBERTO VILAR We owned 10 percent of Cisco when it first came out. The fluctuation of the stock was 55 percent. Ye... ALBERTO VILAR It doesn't mean we'll have a cure for cancer, but it means many new therapies will develop. ALBERTO VILAR All of these stocks are inherently capable of going up five to 10 times from here. ALBERTO VILAR Giorgio tried to push away from the gates during the race as I suggested to him. But unfortunately h... ALBERTO TOMBA It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have th... ALBERTO TOMBA I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arr... ALBERTO TOMBA This is another good sign for Turin. ALBERTO TOMBA The ideal scenario for Mexico would be a slowdown in the U.S. economy of 1-2 percent combined with e... ALBERTO SANCHEZ The ideal scenario for Mexico would be a slowdown in the U.S. economy of 1-2 percent combined with e... ALBERTO SANCHEZ The Mexican market remains obsessed with the extent of the U.S. economy's slowdown. ALBERTO SANCHEZ The Mexican market remains obsessed with the extent of the U.S. economy's slowdown, ALBERTO SANCHEZ Our faculty very much express themselves with administration, ... We kind of dance together. ALBERTO SANCHEZ He did not sacrifice quality for expediency, ALBERTO SANCHEZ They refused to come, and three times they told me they were not doing that service any more. ALBERTO SANCHEZ They came over it like, I consider it a German Gestapo, to destroy everything around. ALBERTO SANCHEZ ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR ALBERTO SALAZAR There are no problems whatsoever. ALBERTO ROMULO I am deeply concerned by this report and I have instructed the VFACOM (Visiting Forces Agreement Com... ALBERTO ROMULO Philippine authorities are currently investigating this crime and we shall pursue this matter with v... ALBERTO ROMULO The perpetrators of this heinous crime shall be brought to justice, ALBERTO ROMULO This is a signal to the international community that the Philippines now has a strong and firm leade... ALBERTO ROMULO These are the years that the locusts have eaten, ... It will take a minimum of two years for us to g... ALBERTO ROMULO China sits in the United Nations and they are the determining influence of our foreign policy, ALBERTO ROMULO Whether I'm aware of it (the visit) or not, we have adopted and strictly adhered to the one-China po... ALBERTO ROMULO deeply concerned by this report. ALBERTO ROMULO It's a crane because they lived right by the water. It all depends on where the gate's going to go a... ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ They live on a hill, and you can see both the mountains from there. You just look around, see what t... ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ At first, I was afraid to come here. Now, I'm not. ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ I can't handle any more pain. ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ Luckily we didn't need to do anything more and they were able to contain it. ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ The amount accepted was lower than expected. ALBERTO RAMOS Despite the recent pickup, total investment spending in the economy is still lower than the level of... ALBERTO RAMOS The government continues to save a substantial part of the copper price windfall and the extraordina... ALBERTO RAMOS The numbers show that the government is opening the faucets when it should save money or spend more ... ALBERTO RAMOS The two experiences are completely opposed. One is textbook on what to do with a commodities windfal... ALBERTO RAMOS I would encourage you all to focus on what is positive in terms of what is going on positively in th... ALBERTO GONZALES Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred, ALBERTO GONZALES Don't Get Caught, Ya Big Dummies! ALBERTO GONZALES I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted, ... We have zero tolerance for corporate... ALBERTO GONZALES If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI If I see everything in gray, and in gray all the colors which I experience and which I would like to... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my ... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself. ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to d... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI At first, one sees the person who is modelling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is importan... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than m... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to underst... ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I want to go back (to Peru)someday, but I don't know when, ALBERTO FUJIMORI without dialogue, there will never be a solution. ALBERTO FUJIMORI We have declared a total freeze on military movement, ALBERTO FUJIMORI And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also... ALBERTO FUJIMORI The denunciations about $18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are ... ALBERTO FUJIMORI In Latin America we are now fully aware that integration is an integral tool, ... should not lead to... ALBERTO FUJIMORI I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States, ... I do not ... ALBERTO FUJIMORI strengthening of democratic institutions ... and the creation of jobs and prosperity. ALBERTO FUJIMORI You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument, ALBERTO FUJIMORI The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable, ALBERTO FUJIMORI Second place, three champions, I think that's a heck of an accomplishment. We're heading in the righ... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Our desire is to generate the greatest debate possible with regard to this situation, so that all th... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ For now, this is the only option we have in sight. ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Uruguay must understand that for Argentina this is a serious issue because of the risk of contaminat... ALBERTO FERNANDEZ They're making progress at Abbey and Latin America was strong, helped by a currency impact. The reac... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Stocks have had a fantastic rally and this market is screaming for a correction. The excuse may come... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Finally a large phone company posts earnings that don't disappoint. These are very solid numbers. ALBERTO ESPELOSIN European stocks have had a very good run and there is no reason why the trend should stop. We may se... ALBERTO ESPELOSIN The price being offered is more than reasonable. ALBERTO ESPELOSIN We do know it is measured in the 100 of millions of dollars as the end price tag for the end total f... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI Also, the cost of natural gas eased and continues to ease. ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We're making good progress. Most of the work will be done by Tuesday, but we will be working on Wedn... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We had more than adequate staff to respond to the storm. We're doing a lot of work that is not visib... ALBERTO BIANCHETTI
عن "الضمير الفكري" :
نحن بحاجة إلى التخفيف من عقدة "الأعداء الأشرار"، والمزي... 
ولأول مرة منذ كنت طفلة تفزعني أصوات حوافر خيول القوقاز ... 
أعرف أن الخط المستقيم هو أقرب وأسرع طريق إلى نقطتين .. أ�... 
أنت تجد في الشرق أحد اثنين .. تجد من يرفض العلم اكتفاء با... 
و الحق أن الرجولاتِ الضخمة لا تُعْرَفُ إلا في ميدان الج... 
الرجل يحب امرأة وينتحر من أجلهاويقتل ويختلس ويرتشي وير... 
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هذا الوطن الصغير، كقبضة اليد، الواسع مثل كتاب الأبد. هذ... 
من السهل علينا أن ندعو ونحن في الشدة ولكن الاستمرار في �... 
- اسمعيني .. لا تُعاش الحياة من أجل المبادئ , بل من أجل ال�... 
هذا ما ستقوله في كل مرة تحب فيها, ستقسم لها على صدقك بضو�... 
سأكتفي بالقول إنّه في تلك اللية كان لا يزال مصدر سعادتي... 
كانت السيارة تمر بجوار النهر، عندما رأيت ذلك الرجل يقف ... 
(كان مرتدیا القمیص وحده، ویحمل شیّالات بلون بنفسجي شاح�... 
أتدري كيف يُسرق عمر المرء منه؟ يذهل عن يومه في ارتقاب غ�... 
لا يعني العثور على أمر مهمّ في الحياة ، التخلّي عن جميع ... 
كل شيء يتوقف على موقفك إزاء الأمور. فإن كنت تبحث عن وحيد... 
سألوا يعقوب، و قد ابيضت عيناه من كثرة البكاء و الحزن عل�... 
نحن نتكلم عندما توصد أمامنا أبواب السلام عن افكارنا ، و... 
فقدت الكثير من الأشياء.. فقدت الكثير من الأشياء الثمينة... 
إن بلادنا في حاجة إلى جرعات قوية من قلة الأدب حيال المل�... 
ولنكن صرحاء... فمصير الدول الصغيرة يعتمد في النهاية على ... 
الكتابة تجعل من دواخلي فوضى،أـشظى وحدي،وتنظر عيناي ال�... 
إن أبلغ درس يتعلمه الإنسان من الحياة هو أنه ليس هناك أل�... 
السهولة التي تنتشر فيها بعض الآراء وتصبح عامة تعود بشك�... 
لم يزل الجزء النقي في نفسي لم يخدش بعد 
كلما ازداد تعدي أوروبا على الشرق في القرن التاسع عشر از... 
We must think of ourselves as a tribe — as an international community that has come together with ... 
If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances. 
I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where... 
This used to be a shipbuilding yard, 