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I am a curious creature and put my finger in as many cakes as I can: history, film, technology, etc....
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the thing...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I realised that I had always been writing things that other people wanted me to write and not what I...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I've always ignored the labels people put on things.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I'm a voracious reader, and I like to explore all sorts of writing without prejudice and without...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
In Los Angeles you get the sense sometimes that there's a mysterious patrol at night: when the s...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, ...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enoug...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War I...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for k...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine....
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinis...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
I spend a lot of time in L.A., and when it rains there you get the entire rainfall for the year in t...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. ...
CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON
We are not creators, we are actualizers
CARLOS GONZALEZ RUIZ
1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the w...
MIGUEL RUIZ
You can't go down 1-2-3 in two innings in a game like that. You can't after spending the past two da...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good t...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
Carl can play anywhere because he is so versatile. John has done a good job of showing me that he wa...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
I am not satisfied with going from blowout losses to just losses. We are getting better as a team, b...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
I think the team is still hung up on what happened in Santa Rosa.
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
I think it was one and fifteen?
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
The kid's got a rocket for an arm. He's played in the outfield, but he wanted to try shortstop, and ...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
They will be our horses for us on the mound. They are the only returning players that have any exper...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ
There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
MIGUEL RUIZ
You have to understand what the program was before. We were a recreation team. We had no discipline....
CAROLINA RUIZ
We just couldn't stop them from scoring. Every time they came down the court, they scored.
CAROLINA RUIZ
New coach, new plays, new style, new players. I don't think anyone really knows what to expect from ...
CAROLINA RUIZ
I'm excited. I think anything could happen.
CAROLINA RUIZ
They totally pulled it out at the end. Everyone kept their heads up.
CAROLINA RUIZ
It was frustrating. I was beating myself up for fouling out again.
CAROLINA RUIZ
It was awesome. It feels so good. You can tell when someone comes in too cocky. We're not a joke. We...
CAROLINA RUIZ
I feel we should have won. We worked hard and the statistics show it, but we weren't really playing ...
CAROLINA RUIZ
The measurement of good policy is the well-being of the community. I saw the human faces of failed p...
RAUL RUIZ
The best [analogy] of what the UC Merced campus means to the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare County is...
FRED RUIZ
Intel continues... to abuse their monopoly, and that's why, around the world, governments and re...
HECTOR RUIZ
In my humble opinion, the PC as we have known it is in a continuous decline and being relegated to a...
HECTOR RUIZ
Ray Benson, our good friend from Asleep at the Wheel, brought this together.
ALEX RUIZ
It's also an expression of how we feel as a family, as a unit, and how we want the world to feel as ...
ALEX RUIZ
We have a warehouse of music and a warehouse of talent in this band that we just want to give and ke...
ALEX RUIZ
We pretty much let them know that if they get the league's top seed there's a great possibility of g...
CINTHIA RUIZ
We are all adaptable to changes and self worth is priceless. adapt yourself to be independent (from ...
ABRAHAM RUIZ
You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.
MIGUEL RUIZ
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourslef or to g...
MIGUEL RUIZ
I'm very happy to receive this type of recognition.
ANIBAL RUIZ
It's true that we're very worried about this new injury to Roque. I hope he can be at the World Cup....
ANIBAL RUIZ
This is the result of two years' hard work and the players have been rewarded.
ANIBAL RUIZ
By delivering a complete service - from integrating and managing the service to providing the actual...
ANGEL RUIZ
It's the Mecca. It's every fisherman's dream.
JUAN RUIZ
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.
MIGUEL RUIZ
The Four Agreements
1. Be impeccable with your word.
2. Don’t take anything personally.<...
MIGUEL RUIZ
You don't need to justify your love, you don't need to explain your love, you just need to practice ...
MIGUEL RUIZ
The industry is healthy. Customers and partners that have elected to partner with AMD are seeing the...
HECTOR RUIZ
A lot of it is non-verbal, so it translates really well.
RENé RUIZ
You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without act...
MIGUEL RUIZ
If others tell us something we make assumptions, and if they don't tell us something we make assumpt...
MIGUEL RUIZ
Selfishness, control, and fear will break almost any relationship. Generosity, freedom, and love wil...
MIGUEL RUIZ
I give a voice to the voiceless, keep an eye on border injustices and watch the ever-changing cultur...
HECTOR RUIZ
You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.
MIGUEL RUIZ
I think the personal satisfaction of doing good in the community and increasing value and holding tr...
RAUL RUIZ