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I always knew that I wanted to live with books, even as a child, because we traveled a lot. Home was the book to which I came back every evening.


Alberto Manguel

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ALBERTO RAMOS The two experiences are completely opposed. One is textbook on what to do with a commodities windfal...
ALBERTO RAMOS I would encourage you all to focus on what is positive in terms of what is going on positively in th...
ALBERTO GONZALES Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred,
ALBERTO GONZALES Don't Get Caught, Ya Big Dummies!
ALBERTO GONZALES I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted, ... We have zero tolerance for corporate...
ALBERTO GONZALES If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI If I see everything in gray, and in gray all the colors which I experience and which I would like to...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my ...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to d...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI At first, one sees the person who is modelling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is importan...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than m...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to underst...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI I want to go back (to Peru)someday, but I don't know when,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI without dialogue, there will never be a solution.
ALBERTO FUJIMORI We have declared a total freeze on military movement,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI The denunciations about $18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI In Latin America we are now fully aware that integration is an integral tool, ... should not lead to...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States, ... I do not ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI strengthening of democratic institutions ... and the creation of jobs and prosperity.
ALBERTO FUJIMORI You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI Second place, three champions, I think that's a heck of an accomplishment. We're heading in the righ...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Our desire is to generate the greatest debate possible with regard to this situation, so that all th...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ For now, this is the only option we have in sight.
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ Uruguay must understand that for Argentina this is a serious issue because of the risk of contaminat...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ They're making progress at Abbey and Latin America was strong, helped by a currency impact. The reac...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Stocks have had a fantastic rally and this market is screaming for a correction. The excuse may come...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN Finally a large phone company posts earnings that don't disappoint. These are very solid numbers.
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN European stocks have had a very good run and there is no reason why the trend should stop. We may se...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN The price being offered is more than reasonable.
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN We do know it is measured in the 100 of millions of dollars as the end price tag for the end total f...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI Also, the cost of natural gas eased and continues to ease.
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We're making good progress. Most of the work will be done by Tuesday, but we will be working on Wedn...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI We had more than adequate staff to respond to the storm. We're doing a lot of work that is not visib...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI