Top 517 Quotes & Sayings by Chilean Authors

Unfortunately for my family, they have a writer in the family.

You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.

When I started to be a coach, I expected a lot - maybe too much - in terms of physical approach, tactics, and technique. There was too little emphasis on human relationships.

I've learnt so much over time and with the experience that I've gained. You can't please everyone.

We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

I'm not dangerous, but I have a sharp nose. I will probably be playing bad guys forever because of my face.

A Fantastic Woman' has been seen as very interesting and entertaining. The film has had very good reactions. We are very surprised and delighted how the characters have connected with so many people.

I've seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there's nothing closer to God than that.

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.

I have played as a goalkeeper since I was six but I always worked on my ball skills, playing with my foot, knowing how to control the ball, how to pass. But the main thing is to save goals.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

We have chosen to bring future generations into this world of rising seas and warming temperatures, droughts and floods, heat waves and wildfires, a world in which one in four mammals and one in eight birds are at risk of disappearing forever. While the damage we've done is irreversible, that doesn't give us the right to do nothing.

My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it.

A weapon kills people and makes people in cities dominated by fear. But if you turn it into an instrument, it's like social gold. It brings people together and you build trust.

Everything I did, all my actions, all of the problems I had I dedicate to God and to Chile, because I kept Chile from becoming Communist.

We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain.

I love kids. I always have. I was an only child until I was 12, and then my sister arrived.

Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.

I always speak with all the players during the week before every game we play, because it's important for them to know what I think and for me to see how they are before the game.

For me 'Dune' was a dream - a big dream!

I am very self-critical about what I do. Always.

There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.

Lady Gaga has a lot of energy, and that is fantastic, but she is using old surrealist images.

The first thing I didn't understand was my life. It's a mystery. And today I don't understand economy or politics. I don't know why politics or economy are destroying the world, but I will understand after understanding.

I made my own assessment of my life, and I began to live it. That was freedom.

When we strip away the clothes, the jewelry, that's who we really are. I walk around naked in my house.

I went to church as a boy, and then I quite quickly stepped away from religion. But I remained fascinated by the need people have for religion.

Feminism is not dead, by no means. It has evolved. If you don't like the term, change it, for Goddess' sake. Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want; the name doesn't matter, as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

I'm very open to following the stories that move me and reach that flexibility where you can be more flexible. I'm expanding my horizons.

In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but that can be accepted by everyone.

I came to the States when I was ten, and that was, in many ways, very hard.

George Harrison wanted to play the thief in 'Holy Mountain.'

'Gloria' was a gamble.

United are special because of their history. They have so much history on a world level.

Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.

I would say that the U.S. has overlooked Latin America. Their priorities have always been somewhere else. And that is a problem and that is a mistake.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

We all have a potential revolutionary energy inside.

My stepfather was in the navy, so I got to know a side of Chile that is not what you would expect from an artist.

Hope is the raw material of losers.

Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

It is never a problem to have good players on the bench.

And I think every woman can be a diva, and every woman can be just a woman. I think life is a runway, and you can do everything you want. If you want.

I knew 'Transparent' and saw a few episodes of 'Orange is the New Black,' so I knew about the trans actor in that cast. Of course, I saw 'Boys Don't Cry' back in the day. But the path that led me to this subject was different... it's just my curiosity as a human being more than my awareness of any political struggles.

I go to shady places all the time.

I am a player that takes great care of myself.

The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.

One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.

You create a big-club mentality with the trust of the players, the trust that the team will get results, and then, when results are not good, the trust to continue with your idea.

It wasn't until I found my tribe of artists - people who were outspoken and not afraid to say what they thought, whether in a song or a dance or a piece of classical music - that I found a refuge.

The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

As a footballer, everything you've achieved can easily be lost, and then you are nobody. That's just how life is, and that's why you shouldn't let things get you down. That's the reason I treat every match like a final.

I don't need jewels and cars. It's about the delicacy of the way I'm handled.

The Red Viper enjoys life. He does not discriminate in his pleasures. This is the way he understands life, to live it to its fullest. And to limit yourself in terms of experience doesn't make any sense to him - what's beautiful is beautiful.

I left Arsenal because I wanted to develop and learn as a player and get to experience a new club.

I think that, like the show 'Game of Thrones,' our fascination with power struggles is pretty unanimous.

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.