Antonio Tabucchi Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

10 Famous Quotes by Antonio Tabucchi
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“An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt.”
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“As a writer, I've always been interested in others.”
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“But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.”
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“But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.”
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“Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts.”
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“Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine or a museum. An administrator, in fact. I think this is a melancholy situation for an intellectual.”
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“Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority.”
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“I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.”
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“I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives.”
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“I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights.”
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