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Italo Calvino

Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature.

Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature.

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These are some quotes by Italian author Italo Calvino Journalist, who lived between October 15, 1923 and September 19, 1985.

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Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

Italo Calvino

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I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.

I write by hand, making many, many corrections. I would say I cross out more than I write. I have to hunt for words when I speak, and I have the same difficulty when writing.

Italo Calvino

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A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.

A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.

Italo Calvino

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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

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We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.'

Susan Minot

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