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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

- Jose Saramago
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I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to write novels because he didn't know how to write essays.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people marched in the streets. I think what we need is a global protest movement of people who won't give up.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens.

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.

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The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.

The world is governed by institutions that are not democratic - the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO.