Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes
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Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. However, there are decent economic theories which show that, under certain circumstances, minimum wages can be beneficial, as it makes workers more productive.
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.
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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.
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It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.
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There has to be a way to live the life you're accustomed to and not sacrifice things. Americans are not very good about sacrificing.
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I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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When I work for someone else, I always make money for them. When I back my own ideas, I am bound to lose.
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I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role.
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中国未来将是制定下一个世纪游戏规则的地方...因为全世界人都会在那儿,所以去中国不是去发财,今天不是去发财,不是寻找机会,而是参与未来游戏规则的制定。
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There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.
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For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the reader.
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The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry.
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I think my first album was a gift for my birthday and a Faith Hill album; I loved her.
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I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because if you think about being in love while you're supposed to be acting in love, there's nowhere to go. You have to focus on something else and then do what's being asked, and you might get some semblance of something interesting.
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There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual.