Top 880 Quotes & Sayings by Argentinian Authors - Page 7

Sometimes I feel that in religious content, religious drama, it's almost told like a tale, like an account of facts, and in 'A.D. The Bible Continues,' it's drama, it's real drama that we like to see on TV today, seeing the characters struggle and doubt and be completely in conflict with each other, kind of like 'House of Cards.'

Polo is the most inviting sport I've ever seen.

The only passion that guides me is for the truth... I look at everything from this point of view.

If I get annoyed because I'm not in the headlines and don't do well in training, I won't do well if I have to go in. I've to be prepared because the World Cup isn't easy.

I am honest and want to hear what the people have to say. I do not want to enrich myself in this job.

Mauricio had a relationship with my granddad and especially my dad, because they played against each other with Instituto and Newell's Old Boys, and my uncle went to school with him when they were children.

My mentality is that I play football to win. You have to do everything you can to win. The most important thing is that you leave nothing out there on the pitch.

I think I just really understand what it is to feel like you don't fit in, within your society, within your world, within your family, within whatever. I've always felt like an odd duck so I really understood that.

This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need.

It goes without saying that I love the game, the tactics, the training, and everything that happens on the pitch.

You, as an entrepreneur, must make sure the postmoney valuation is a number you can obtain. You don't want too high of a valuation.

You can survive with anger, but you can't live with it forever.

I'm very happy at City, very happy since the day I came. I knew that the project was good, and in my head, there is nothing else but Manchester City, so how long I'm going to be at City is just never a question.

Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.

Playing at coach is very easy; actually doing it is another thing. Put yourself in the coach's position, and you'll see how complex everything is.

My parents were very musical in the sense that they were, you know, music lovers and avid buyers of records, but none of them actually play an instrument.

Venezuela's government must work toward achieving a true culture of democracy for our region. There's no room for persecution based on ideological reasons or for thinking differently.

I used to consume a lot of horror movies as a teenager, and some impressed me more than other ones. I would watch Romero's movies, Dario Argento's movies, 'Eraserhead' over and over. 'Possession,' 'Repulsion,' 'Freaks.'

My first band was an Argentinian folk group when I was 10. When I was 12 I had my electric guitar, and by the time I was 13, the Beatles came into the scene, and that was over. So I have a mixture of all these traditions, and I think that's who I am, a mixture of everything.

Let's learn to consume the least amount of energy possible.

My son is the most important thing in my life.

Hollywood is kind of a bad world.

I don't follow the relevant trends anymore. But I love Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's style, I think she is timeless, chic, and most importantly, classy.

I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong Latin component to it.

A coach I admire? Jurgen Klopp. No doubt.

The moment you introduce the element of IT, which is an interdimensional evil entity, the presence of the turtle comes with it, as a counterbalance.

If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life.

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

How easy it is to govern when one follows a system of consulting the will of the people and one holds as the only norm all the actions which contribute to the well being of the people.

I am more of a support striker.

We are very proud of our design for the Transbay Transit Center. This will be a beautiful, functional and sustainable building for San Francisco.

Messi is the more technical player of the two. He's better inside the area, the way he handles the ball and dribbles. You can see that he enjoys himself playing. Cristiano has a better body and is physically very strong. He has pace, speed and is a player with courage, and he can use both feet.

If you want to improve, you have to set high targets.

In my position, I've always admired Claude Makelele. I grew up watching him play. I was able to play against him in the final stages of his career. I have always liked his way of playing football, and given my position and style, he's been a mirror to compare myself against.

We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.

All transitions are hard. We took over a country beaten down by lies and corruption.

It makes no sense to have oil if to get it out you have to let the multinationals come and take it.

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.

When we were children we played on the street - on tarmac and things like that.

Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.

I was never a fan of sci-fi or space stuff.

It's not always about winning a game or winning a championship.

Regarding my pay, my salary, that I don't 'earn a lot,' these are things that are a result of two years ago when I came to Inter. To me, it was a good contract for having arrived at Inter. I signed the contract with the excitement and desire to prove my worth and be an important player for Inter.

I was asked to play for Italy, and I was very appreciative. I was 19, and I said, 'No, thank you.' It was very hard, but I am Argentinian, and it would have been deceit.

Whether you win or lose against English teams, you always feel it's been a proper contest.

Even the bad moments, I'm proud of them too.

I love the game and everything that goes with actually playing. What I don't like so much are the interviews, the controversy, and all the external stuff.

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

I think one has to understand that there are stages in life, and that the life of an athlete has its limits. It's short, and then it stops, and sooner or later you have to accept that.

There are some who when they play football they carry the ball ta-ta-ta, but they are jugglers not footballers. The less you have the ball at your feet the better.

You want to free the world, free humanity, from oppression? Look inside, look sideways, look at the hidden violence of language. Never forget that language is where the other, parallel violence, the cruelty exercised on the body, originates.

Pope Francis and I went to the same school.

I want to win the Italian league. That's why I said no to Manchester United.

I am very excited about the future and very motivated also.

It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory tower developed. Now there's still this idea that the reader doesn't take part in the social game and in politics, the res publica, but for other reasons: he doesn't do it because he's not making any money.

Chinese players are not as naturally skilled like South American or European players, like players who learned football when they were kids. They're not good.

Politics, for me, is not a competition to see who's got the bigger ego. It's working together for the good of the people.

The best player ever? Pele.

I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.

Making passes is what I prefer the most.