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Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian Novelist

Born: Aug 24, 1947

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Related authors: Charles Dickens Elie Wiesel Ernest Hemingway Gustave Flaubert James Baldwin John Updike Leo Rosten Walter Scott

Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity. Paulo Coelho

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However happy people say they are, nobody is satisfied: we always have to be with the prettiest woman, buy a bigger house, change cars, desire what we do not have. Paulo Coelho

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Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians. Paulo Coelho

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I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am. Paulo Coelho

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I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness. Paulo Coelho

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We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. Paulo Coelho

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Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way. Paulo Coelho

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I am 100 per cent Virgo, stubborn, over-organised, slightly abstracted from the rest of the world. Paulo Coelho

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When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? And the feeling is a sensation of being away from myself. My soul dances with the angels, and my body dances with my wife. Paulo Coelho

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. Paulo Coelho

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost? Paulo Coelho

Hurt Dog Think Critics About Writers Does Dogs Ask

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats. Paulo Coelho

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I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success. Paulo Coelho

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MySpace is my wife... Facebook is my mistress. Paulo Coelho

Facebook Wife Myspace Mistress

We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question. Paulo Coelho

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You should treat a muse like a fairy. Paulo Coelho

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I wanted to write when I was young, but people said it was impossible. Then my parents locked me in a mental institution - they said I was crazy and would never make a living from writing. Paulo Coelho

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When you write an article about anything, trolls use the comments to attack. They feel frustrated - but haters are losers. It's not good to feed this aspect. It's more intelligent to be constructive. Paulo Coelho

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I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing. Paulo Coelho

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It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. Paulo Coelho

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