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Eduardo Galeano Quotes

The walls are the publishers of the poor Picture Quote #1

When a book is alive, really alive, you feel it. You put it to your ear here, and you feel it breathe, sometimes laugh, sometimes cry, just like a person, a little person Picture Quote #1

This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart Picture Quote #1

Memory. My poison, my food Picture Quote #1

For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure Picture Quote #1

Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny Picture Quote #1

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I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity Picture Quote #1

Soccer, metaphor for war, at times turns into real war Picture Quote #1

No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite deafness and ignorance, the time that was continues to tick inside the time that is Picture Quote #1

We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine Picture Quote #1

The poet, distracted by politics, asks of poetry that it make itself useful like metal or flour, that it get ready to stain its face with coal dust and fight body to body Picture Quote #1

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Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our imagination, for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means to render our lives believable. This, my friends, is the crux of our solitude Picture Quote #1

If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises Picture Quote #1

In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion Picture Quote #1

There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with a burning challenge Picture Quote #1

Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every color. Some people’s flames are so still they don’t even flicker in the wind, while others have wild flames that fill the air with sparks. Some foolish flames neither burn nor shed light, but others blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking, and if you approach you shine in the fire Picture Quote #1

The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such things never before seen his admirers pity their unborn grandchildren who will never see them Picture Quote #1

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I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people Picture Quote #1

Each time a new war is disclosed in the name of the fight of the good against evil, those who are killed are all poor. It’s always the same story repeating once and again and again Picture Quote #1

I would recognise myself in each of his translations and he would feel betrayed and annoyed whenever I didn’t write something the way he would have. A part of me died with him, a part of him lives with me Picture Quote #1

Because every single one of us has something to say to the others, something that deserves to be celebrated or forgiven by others Picture Quote #1

Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance Picture Quote #1

In the struggle of good against evil, it’s always the people who get killed Picture Quote #1

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There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It’s the most secret kingdom in the world Picture Quote #1

I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute Picture Quote #1

Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories Picture Quote #1

If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn’t we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight? Picture Quote #1

I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball Picture Quote #1

The human rainbow had been mutilated by machismo, racism, militarism and a lot of other isms, who have been terribly killing our greatness, our possible greatness, our possible beauty Picture Quote #1

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The walls are the publishers of the poor (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) When a book is alive, really alive, you feel it. You put it to your ear here, and you feel it breathe, sometimes laugh, sometimes cry, just like a person, a little person (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) This work is a torture on the rump but a joy to the heart (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Memory. My poison, my food (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) For sailors who love the wind, memory is a good port of departure (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I am not particularly interested in saving time; I prefer to enjoy it (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Soccer, metaphor for war, at times turns into real war (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite deafness and ignorance, the time that was continues to tick inside the time that is (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) The poet, distracted by politics, asks of poetry that it make itself useful like metal or flour, that it get ready to stain its face with coal dust and fight body to body (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our imagination, for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means to render our lives believable. This, my friends, is the crux of our solitude (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) If the past has nothing to say to the present, history may go on sleeping undisturbed in the closet where the system keeps its old disguises (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with a burning challenge (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Each person shines with his or her own light. No two flames are alike. There are big flames and little flames, flames of every color. Some people’s flames are so still they don’t even flicker in the wind, while others have wild flames that fill the air with sparks. Some foolish flames neither burn nor shed light, but others blaze with life so fiercely that you can’t look at them without blinking, and if you approach you shine in the fire (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) The ball laughs, radiant, in the air. He brings her down, puts her to sleep, showers her with compliments, dances with her, and seeing such things never before seen his admirers pity their unborn grandchildren who will never see them (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I don’t believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Each time a new war is disclosed in the name of the fight of the good against evil, those who are killed are all poor. It’s always the same story repeating once and again and again (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I would recognise myself in each of his translations and he would feel betrayed and annoyed whenever I didn’t write something the way he would have. A part of me died with him, a part of him lives with me (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Because every single one of us has something to say to the others, something that deserves to be celebrated or forgiven by others (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) In the struggle of good against evil, it’s always the people who get killed (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It’s the most secret kingdom in the world (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I was a terrible history student. They taught me history as if it were a visit to a wax museum or to the land of the dead. I was over twenty before I discovered that the past was neither quiet nor mute (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) If the world is upside down the way it is now, wouldn’t we have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight? (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball (Eduardo Galeano Quotes) The human rainbow had been mutilated by machismo, racism, militarism and a lot of other isms, who have been terribly killing our greatness, our possible greatness, our possible beauty (Eduardo Galeano Quotes)

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