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Jose Mujica Quotes: I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.
         

I can live well with what I have.I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and always want more and more.


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My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied.



Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.

Some people love money and get into politics. If they love money so much, they should get into commerce, industry, or do whatever they want - it's no sin. But politics is for serving the people.



This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.

This is a matter of freedom. If you don't have many possessions then you don't need to work all your life like a slave to sustain them, and therefore you have more time for yourself.



I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.

I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live.



If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me.

If I asked people to live as I live, they would kill me.



Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.

Between madness and sanity, there is a shifting boundary. It is impossible to explain. Time slows down and you have to try to fill it. You don't have anything but solitude.



Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.

Uruguay is a country which has grown from immigration, people from all over. That is our origin.



In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again.

In life you can fall down 1000 times but the point is to have the willingness to stand up and to start again.



The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.

The way the banks behave is frankly unbearable. I didn't rob for me. I expropriated resources for a struggle. If I had robbed for myself that would be different.



I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it's not enough for others. For me, it is no sacrifice, it's a duty.

I have a way of life that I don't change just because I am a president. I earn more than I need, even if it's not enough for others. For me, it is no sacrifice, it's a duty.





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All's well that ends well; which is the epitaph I should put on my tombstone if I were the last man left alive.

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I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels.

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Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about while we're alive.



The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.

The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his ends or does not acknowledge them at all.



Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.

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I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

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When the poet died his cat was put to death and mummified.

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Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'

Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'



I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.

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