Javier Marías quote: "La gente empieza viendo una cosa y acaba viendo la contraria. Empieza amando y acaba odiando, o sintiendo indiferencia y después adorando. Nunca logramos estar seguros de qué va a sernos vital ni de a quién vamos a dar importancia. Nuestras convicciones son pasajeras y endebles, hasta las que consideramos más fuertes.También nuestros sentimientos."

Tendemos a desejar que ninguém morra e nada termine daquilo que nos acompanha e é nosso amado cost...
JAVIER MARíAS

Es curioso cómo el pensamiento incurre en lo inverosímil, cómo se lo permite momentáneamente, c�...
JAVIER MARíAS

Gondolom, hogy neki is szüksége volt ellenségre, akit okolhat a nyomoráért. Ahogy egyébként b...
JAVIER MARíAS

Senki sem törődhet bele, hogy örökre tönkretették az életét.
JAVIER MARíAS

He must have been one of those men who doesn't really notice such things and leaves it to others to ...
JAVIER MARíAS

The bad thing about terrible misfortunes, the kind that tear us apart and appear to be unendurable, ...
JAVIER MARíAS

When you don’t know what to believe, when you’re not prepared to play the amateur detective, the...
JAVIER MARíAS

Para qué esto y para qué lo otro, para qué el dinero, o un negocio y su urdimbre, para qué una c...
JAVIER MARíAS

Lo que es muy raro es sentir debilidad, verdadera debilidad por alquien, y que nos la produzca, que ...
JAVIER MARíAS

There are people who can make us laugh even when they don't intend to, largely because their very pr...
JAVIER MARíAS

IN ALL UNEQUAL relationships, those lacking a name or explicit recognition, there is usually one per...
JAVIER MARíAS

there are so many unpunished crimes in the world; indeed, they cover an area so vast, so ancient, so...
JAVIER MARíAS

Why do you think politicians send soldiers to the wars they declare, if, of course, they still go to...
JAVIER MARíAS

Unlikely truths are useful and life is full of them, far more than the very worst of novels, no nove...
JAVIER MARíAS

What remains mysterious, or even enigmatic are those two words "nothing more," "pas davantage...
JAVIER MARíAS

We don't object to our date of birth, so why object to our date of death, which is just as much a ma...
JAVIER MARíAS

Everything becomes a story and ends up drifting about in the same sphere, and then it's hard to diff...
JAVIER MARíAS

Lo que pasó es lo de menos. Es una novela, y lo que ocurre en ellas da lo mismo y se olvida, una ve...
JAVIER MARíAS

Fiction has the ability to show us what we don’t know and what doesn’t happen.
JAVIER MARíAS

We do tend to believe things while we're hearing or reading them. Afterwards, it's another matter, w...
JAVIER MARíAS

Perhaps it was his wife who mainly made him laugh, for there are people who can make us laugh even w...
JAVIER MARíAS

The certainty that someone will never come back," the narrator muses of the dead, "never speak again...
JAVIER MARíAS

...cuando alguien muere, pensamos que ya se ha hecho tarde para cualquier cosa, para todo —más a�...
JAVIER MARíAS

Some people think that being in love or infatuated is a modern invention that appears only in novels...
JAVIER MARíAS

It’s true that when we get caught in the spider’s web—between the first chance event and the s...
JAVIER MARíAS

For me that's the only way of understanding a particular term that everyone here bandies about quite...
JAVIER MARíAS

... I had stayed still and let the days pass, which is the best way to allow things in the real worl...
JAVIER MARíAS

What happened is the least of it. It’s a novel, and once you’ve finished a novel, what happened ...
JAVIER MARíAS

We cannot know what time will do to us with its fine, indistinguishable layers upon layers, we canno...
JAVIER MARíAS

Writing novels allows the novelist to spend much of his time in a fictional world, which is really t...
JAVIER MARíAS

...and yet the idea is hard to accept, it's so hard to succeed in making something happen, even what...
JAVIER MARíAS

We lose everything because everything remains except us. And therefore any form of posterity may be ...
JAVIER MARíAS

What happened is the least of it. It’s a novel, and once you’ve finished a novel, what happened ...
JAVIER MARíAS

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each...
JAVIER BARDEM

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's tru...
JAVIER BARDEM

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.
JAVIER BARDEM

What I miss most about Mexico isn't the food or the customs; it's my family and the way we&#...
JAVIER HERNANDEZ

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
JAVIER BARDEM

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.
JAVIER BARDEM

We are a big family; we are all very close, and we always want to talk about what is going on with e...
JAVIER HERNANDEZ

Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies...
JAVIER BARDEM

Real Madrid is in a mess because it's suffering really high pressure and demands. We must take the i...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

I was the one responsible for throwing away two points. The second half substitutions (and tactics) ...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

I think it's unfortunate for teachers feeling that way, that they don't want to be singled out.
JAVIER AGUIRRE

We didn't get it together in the first half. In the second, Real came at us but we fortunately playe...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

This team knows that they are part of history but it also knows that they have done nothing yet.
JAVIER AGUIRRE

We are going well and we want to continue like that. We have shown, at home or away, we have got a l...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

By the 10th round we could have half the season's work done. If we can finish the week well we can b...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

I think the recognition program is a valuable way of recognizing contributions from individuals whet...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

We put in a lot of effort, our fans cheer us on although what we need is to greater consistency and ...
JAVIER AGUIRRE

Imagine the situation between Israel and Palestine. It's such a big mess. You can be on one side...
JAVIER BARDEM

A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast...
JAVIER CAMARA

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speakin...
JAVIER BARDEM

I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. ...
JAVIER BARDEM

The tractor trailer struck the van in the drivers side. Unfortunately the driver was killed on the s...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

The chorus came immediately; he just started singing it.
JAVIER COLON

I don't think this is the moment to do sanctions, and I do think the sanctions may contribute to the...
JAVIER SOLANA

Therefore ... I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO's air operations against Yugoslavia,
JAVIER SOLANA

He is an excellent team-mate and an excellent person, ... He had to go through some tough times rece...
JAVIER ZANETTI

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what cou...
JAVIER BARDEM

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.
JAVIER BARDEM

The views of the European Union are fully reflected in this text, particularly the key objective of ...
JAVIER SOLANA

Our experimental results agreed with the computational findings, indicating that these ratchetting p...
JAVIER LOPEZ

My Chinese friends often use the term 'win-win' -- this helps sum up the prevailing spirit of dialog...
JAVIER SOLANA

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the mos...
JAVIER BARDEM

For many years, Mexico was not a desirable place for investors because it was very reactionary to po...
JAVIER VIVEROS

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and...
JAVIER BARDEM

There is a deal, yes,
JAVIER SOLANA

Political leaders must display unity and responsibility. There is great deal of work to do and there...
JAVIER SOLANA

We have to do the utmost to maintain this relationship.
JAVIER SOLANA

Be sure we are going to do our utmost for this not to happen again, because we need each other.
JAVIER SOLANA

NATO is ready to intervene if the situation requires,
JAVIER SOLANA

to initiate a broader range of air operations in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
JAVIER SOLANA

There was a short foot pursuit, she was then detained down there, and she was actually resisting the...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order t...
JAVIER BARDEM

Many people out there don't have a choice in choosing their friends and the people they're b...
JAVIER BARDEM

I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and delive...
JAVIER BARDEM

I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in...
JAVIER SOLANA

The U.N. route has to be continued... Europe is not divided on this point.
JAVIER SOLANA

Our position is that the (Iran) dossier should be referred to the council.
JAVIER SOLANA

Due to the damage on the vehicle, off the bat, we can tell excessive speed was a factor.
JAVIER SAMBRANO

We can tell definitely that speed was a factor here, another factor obviously we don't think anyone ...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

This roadway here has actually a lot of curves. What ended up happening, the driver ended up not bei...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

Milosevic must comply with all his commitments to NATO,
JAVIER SOLANA

I hope that will not be necessary,
JAVIER SOLANA

We will do it sooner rather than later.
JAVIER SOLANA

Unfortunately, it is highly probable that a weapon went astray and hit civilian buildings,
JAVIER SOLANA

I want to congratulate the Mexican nation for the democratic and political maturity it showed during...
JAVIER SOLANA

I strongly condemn the death of innocent civilians in last night's attack against Gaza.
JAVIER SOLANA

In forcing people to leave, the Bosnian Serb authorities have behaved abominably, and the actions of...
JAVIER SOLANA

This has to be resolved in the Security Council
JAVIER SOLANA

The war in Iraq can be averted and the responsibility is basically on the side of Saddam Hussein.
JAVIER SOLANA

but very close to that.
JAVIER SOLANA

Europe will stay engaged in all fields, economically, politically and in the security field.
JAVIER SOLANA

I think there is no divide today between the U.S. and Europe as far as the main objectives of Iraq,
JAVIER SOLANA

in order to support a diplomatic, political solution that we very much hope will come alive in comin...
JAVIER SOLANA

We need a new momentum, a new impetus, on the political side,
JAVIER SOLANA

The unilateral cease-fire proposed by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the government of Serbi...
JAVIER SOLANA

Madrid will be remembered as the time when North America and Europe came together to shape the cours...
JAVIER SOLANA

Regarding relations with the European Union, all the declarations of the election campaign have been...
JAVIER SOLANA

The European Union is here to help. But we are not here in a mediating function.
JAVIER SOLANA

to enter into a dialogue of mutual interest before the end of July.
JAVIER SOLANA

On Kosovo, let me be quite clear that NATO will not stand idly by. We will not allow a repeat of the...
JAVIER SOLANA

If the use of military force, or the threat of use of military force, is necessary to bring about a ...
JAVIER SOLANA

We found that many large introns are removed by multiple recursive splicing steps, ... These steps i...
JAVIER LOPEZ

Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for (Yugoslav President Slobodan)...
JAVIER SOLANA

Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for Milosevic's behavior,
JAVIER SOLANA

They have taken decisions that were absolutely incompatible with the commitments that they have made...
JAVIER SOLANA

As soon as Gen. Clark has confirmed this withdrawal has begun, I intend to instruct him to suspend N...
JAVIER SOLANA

Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and...
JAVIER SOLANA

I insist very much ... it's fundamental.
JAVIER SOLANA

We must do better militarily, ... We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our object...
JAVIER SOLANA

will not tolerate a return to all-out fighting and a policy of repression in Kosovo.
JAVIER SOLANA

I think every national team has the same possibilities to win the World Cup.
JAVIER HERNANDEZ

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle ...
JAVIER BARDEM

We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.
JAVIER BARDEM

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, y...
JAVIER BARDEM

When I heard I got traded to the White Sox I was really excited because I know they are a world cham...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I moved from a rebelliousness to a more uplifting stage. Before, I was always out of place. When I c...
JAVIER GARCIA

I've always liked that retro sound. It takes you back to the days of big, fast cars with tail fins. ...
JAVIER LOPEZ

We need to tell the public that they need to be careful. Check the candy wrapper -- even if it looks...
JAVIER PENA

So far we don't have a confirmation about their outcome from the Russian side.
JAVIER SOLANA

Sometimes a man cannot live up to the best idea they dared to have
JAVIER MERIZALDE

The accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland ... is perhaps the clearest demonstration of...
JAVIER SOLANA

when herb talks..you listen
JAVIER CHARRIEZ

There is a willingness on the European side to return to the negotiations. In November, there is ano...
JAVIER SOLANA

Those responsible for terrorist acts must know that they are totally isolated.
JAVIER SOLANA

road map to get out of the violence.
JAVIER SOLANA

We must continue to do the utmost to avoid war in Macedonia. This is a crucial week ... We hope we w...
JAVIER SOLANA

Every European, every democratic person, has to condemn these people who wanted to interfere with an...
JAVIER SOLANA

It happened at least a few calls. The caller was not able to hear the call-taker.
JAVIER SAMBRANO

The region is going through a very difficult process and I think it would be better to make construc...
JAVIER SOLANA

Everything is on the table, everything is open.
JAVIER SOLANA

In Puerto Rico everybody is so excited because they have not seen so many big-league players before....
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we al...
JAVIER BARDEM

The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My ...
JAVIER BARDEM

Don't follow your dreams, lead them
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

That's just our hogs stepping up the occasion.
JAVIER LOPEZ

All of that is part of the investigation, which is ongoing.
JAVIER SAMBRANO

It happens from time to time, but it's not very common.
JAVIER SAMBRANO

She was backing out when, for unknown reasons, her 2-year-old daughter ended up getting in the back ...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

We're of course investigating the death, trying to determine what may have been the factors or cause...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

The big thing is this individual has probably done this in the past. Anytime you have any individual...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

Being able to put law in place to keep better taps on them as far as their probation for one, two or...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

Really, the most important thing people can do is make sure they're driving the conditions of the ro...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

It's an area that our vice unit actually does do operations frequently.
JAVIER SAMBRANO

They are now being processed for transfer to The Hague,
JAVIER SOLANA

It's serious in Puerto Rico. The game against Cuba is sold out - it sold out in two or three hours.
JAVIER VALENTIN

The substantive position (of Iran) has not changed.
JAVIER SOLANA

At this point, it looks like the child was not restrained, so we're looking into whether the child w...
JAVIER SAMBRANO

When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're...
JAVIER BARDEM

I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. Yo...
JAVIER BARDEM

What can you do? But it kind of [stinks] that was the first hit. But what can you do? It's part of t...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs m...
JAVIER BARDEM

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that.
JAVIER BARDEM

We must do better militarily. We cannot afford to waste more opportunities to fulfill our objectives...
JAVIER SOLANA

We were very pleased about his goal. For him it was fundamental to start scoring again. The last two...
JAVIER ZANETTI

The European Cup is very important, but there are still a lot of games to play in the league and we ...
JAVIER ZANETTI

We respect Porto and know the game will be difficult, but we want victory at all costs and we know w...
JAVIER ZANETTI

The important thing is the victory, we managed to score three goals in a match that could have becom...
JAVIER ZANETTI

It isn't easy for anyone to play in such difficult conditions, but we still want to produce a great ...
JAVIER ZANETTI

We're not going through an easy time, but it's at these moments when you see a team's real value, an...
JAVIER ZANETTI

There are things that can't be explained in soccer. That's what happened against Brazil, we can't ex...
JAVIER ZANETTI

We cannot afford to underestimate any of our opponents but if we continue to play as we have done so...
JAVIER ZANETTI

They (Roma) told us it was really ugly, but we've got to stay concentrated, this game is too importa...
JAVIER ZANETTI

The first conditions were economic, including the passage of structural reform policies that favored...
JAVIER VIVEROS

Investors were and have been a little nervous that will be a major political change in the elections...
JAVIER VIVEROS

We hope the new president can keep the strong markets going, and we're looking for even stronger gro...
JAVIER VIVEROS

I felt good. I got in a few jams, but the defense played well and kept me out of it.
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

It seemed like he just put the bat on the ball, ... It was a good pitch. Usually when I give up home...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

Everybody out there did a great job. It seemed like they weren't in trouble at all. They made their ...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I was just battling out there. I thought I threw some good pitches and the balls just kept [finding]...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I'm glad I could get out of trouble when I was in it,
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

There's other guys here and I know they want to pitch every five days, too, so it's not just me.
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I don't like it. But what can I do? I want to pitch every fifth day and they know that, but it's not...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I wanted to pitch. I thought I could pitch. The doctor said because I've lost a lot of fluids the pa...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

I just battled out there. The balls just found the holes. I just felt like I was in trouble all nigh...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

It's just disappointing to be losing all these games, man. It's really frustrating. We're not gettin...
JAVIER VAZQUEZ

A change-up right down the middle, ... You've got to hit that pitch.
JAVIER VALENTIN

I don't know, man. ... What can I say?
JAVIER VALENTIN

He made good adjustments after the first two innings. When he gives us more than six innings, we hav...
JAVIER VALENTIN

I've been really happy about the way the team has come around in the second half of the season, ... ...
JAVIER VALENTIN

I've been trying to shorten my swing a bit more, ... I'm also trying to see the ball more. That's th...
JAVIER VALENTIN

You don't know what's going to happen on a play like that,
JAVIER VALENTIN

I didn't know what part of my body he hit. But in the morning - my shoulder.
JAVIER VALENTIN

He's going to give me one pitch to hit. That's why it's a situation where I can't miss that pitch. B...
JAVIER VALENTIN

He's going to try to be careful with me and he's only going to give me one pitch to hit, ... In that...
JAVIER VALENTIN

I'll be all right,
JAVIER VALENTIN

We are just hoping that this is our year. We have a great team out here and we're confident we can m...
JAVIER TORRES

I got a little bit frustrated there at the end of the game, but I knew my defense would help me out.
JAVIER TORRES

He really helped me a lot out there tonight. Since he's a pitcher himself, he knows what to tell me ...
JAVIER TORRES

I have to give a lot of credit to the defense. Our defense is our greatest strength right now and th...
JAVIER TORRES

I hope the player continues to show the same scent for goal that he is showing now, and that he goes...
JAVIER SUBIRATS

In this moment, we have presented an offer to player and, until now, we have not had a response.
JAVIER SUBIRATS

Viana has great potential and is a very interesting player for us.
JAVIER SUBIRATS

The main thing is monitoring what's going on at the desktop level as well as the network level. Know...
JAVIER SANTOYO

She said, 'Oh, my God! What did I do?' I told her if the FBI wanted to get a hold of you, they'd kno...
JAVIER SANTOYO

Those organizations don't want the movement to radicalize. They don't want immigrants and the rest o...
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

We are expecting that with this national boycott we will be able to further gain some respect, digni...
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

Anything we can do to save a life is something we will support.
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ

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