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History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Goodbye History Later Never Really Says See You

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We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.

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Topics: First First Kiss Glass Kiss Mortal Second Until Wine

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The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.

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Topics: Fear Getting Information Purpose Spreading Torture

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Less is always more. The best language is silence. We live in a time of a terrible inflation of words, and it is worse than the inflation of money.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Always Best Inflation Language Less Live Money More Silence Terrible Than Time Words Worse

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Indignation must always be the answer to indignity. Reality is not destiny.

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Topics: Always Answer Destiny Indignation Must Reality

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Each day has a story to - deserves to be told, because we are made of stories. I mean, scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Also Atoms Because Beings Bird Day Deserves Each Each Day Human Human Beings Little Made Me Mean Say Scientists Stories Story

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I wanted to be a soccer player, and I became the best of the best, the number one, better than Maradona, better than Pele, and even better than Messi - but only at night, nighttime, during my dreams. When I wake up, I realized that I have wooden legs and that I'm doomed to be a writer.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Became Best Better Doomed Dreams Even Legs Messi Night Nighttime Number Only Player Realized Soccer Than Up Wake Wake Up Wanted Wooden Writer

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The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Big Big Business Business Embrace Eyes Feast Legs More Most Much People Play Popular Run Serve Soccer Sport Switzerland Than Wants Watch Who World

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I'm attracted to soccer's capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Attracted Ball Beauty Capacity Dance Game Played Soccer Well

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In the Age of the Almighty Computer, drones are the perfect warriors. They kill without remorse, obey without kidding around, and they never reveal the names of their masters.

~Eduardo Galeano

Topics: Age Almighty Around Computer Drones Kidding Masters Names Never Obey Perfect Remorse Reveal Warriors Without

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Biography

Nationality: Uruguayan

Type: Journalist

Born: September 3rd, 1940

Died: April 13th, 2015

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