Felipe González

@Reader1994, member from July 21, 2022

Academic.
Literature.
Books.
Movies.

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“In a democracy, leaders must resemble people, not monarchs.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: 1480 AM Rock&Pop. Guadalajara, Mexico

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“Politicians should live like ordinary citizens.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

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“When politicians take over public transportation, public health, public education—that is, live like ordinary people and not like rich people—everything will be better.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: "La Otra Historia". RockandPop 1480AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.

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“Beware of nuns and priests, they will make you doubt your faith.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.

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“Proud to be a "damn South American" and not a "suck-up" to the United States.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

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“He still blamed himself for having believed someone who, without a doubt, lied better than he did.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Just a moment ago, he was certainly contemplating a shadow on the ground, and now he was the shadow contemplating himself.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“He still felt love for someone who had plainly and simply decided to forget him.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Although he still continued to go out walking alone, it was also true that with every outing, in each of them, he used to feel something strange and dark accumulating within him.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Probably those once accompanied walks had turned out to be such an intense, though brief, experience that, beyond time, his subconscious continued to long for a presence that was no longer there.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Having accepted this, there was nothing left but to adapt to the new conditions, a task that cost him a world or perhaps two.”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Undoubtedly, he feared that smile”

José Baroja book El curioso caso de la sombra que murió como un recuerdo y otros cuentos

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“Bad education aren't just a problem for those at the bottom or in the middle; they're also a problem for those at the top, who are certain of their untouchability.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/que-paso-en-chile-por-jose-baroja/

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“Today, going to schools is essential, since, just as doctors have a duty to protect life, writers must spread literature, because literature is in itself, along with art in general, the greatest form of freedom we still have.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

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“Latin American government decisions, in general terms, discourage the development of the arts, turning artists into true martyrs of a cause, creating a vicious cycle in which ordinary people fail to notice the importance of cultural development, focusing on money as the axis of their lives.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

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“Can someone suffering from hunger or abuse really be encouraged to read a book?”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

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“…the stories already published acquire, over the years, a different value than they had at their genesis: whether for better or for worse.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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“It must certainly be considered true that once a work leaves our pen, it no longer belongs to us.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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“In a certain way, I think that literature is capable of effectively uncovering and revealing many more “layers” of the framework that composes and hides our society and ourselves. That is, it is capable of bringing us closer to something that, for lack of a better word, I will call “Truth,” and that applies to Art itself, more than to History, more than to Anthropology, or more than to any other branch of the Social Sciences.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html

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“I must say that in Chile, the supremacy of the Market as the all-powerful governing body has made the development of the cultural field even more difficult than in Mexico.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: http://letras.mysite.com/jbar050923.html