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" There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this. "
Paulo Coelho
I Am
Convinced
Am
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" I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am. "
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" This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue. "
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" Music for me, it demands full concentration. "
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" Everybody has a creative potential and from the moment you can express this creative potential, you can start changing the world. "
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" I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing. "
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" The only thing that relaxes me is archery. That's why I have to have apartments with gardens. "
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" It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. "
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" About the idea of a clash between cultures, between civilisations, I don't believe in it. It's something some political leaders tried to use, and that the media tried and are still trying to sell us, in order to simplify the world and their work. "
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Media
Believe
Political
" Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? "
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" You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle. "
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Blind
Attention
" Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere. "
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Love
Paradise
" When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream. "
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Dream
Person
" You're always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort. "
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Moving
Think
" When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it. "
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Myself
Book
Business
" Today, writers want to impress other writers. "
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Want
Writers
Impress
" Beauty is the greatest seducer of man. "
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Man
Greatest
Beauty
" I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time. "
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Morning
Tired
You
" I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them on the Internet. It's like chatting at a bar without leaving your office. I talk with them about a lot of things other than my books. "
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Time
Writing
Book
" It's very difficult to read a book on your computer. "
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Your
Read
Difficult
" Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military. "
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Most
Years
Military
" I am a Catholic because I choose to be a Catholic. And then I go to the Mass because I choose. It is out of my free will. "
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" Things do not always happen the way I would like them to happen, and I had better get used to that. "
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" I hate to be smart. "
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" In writing, I apply my feminine side and respect the mystery involved in creation. "
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" Every blessing ignored becomes a curse. "
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" I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. "
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" The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes. "
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" I am a Catholic, not so committed to the church, but to the idea of the Virgin, the female face of God. "
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Idea
Catholic
God