Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.
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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
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I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.
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What I have to work with is the life that's ahead of me right this minute.
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My least favorite thing about New York is probably the traffic. I hate it. The people are such aggressive drivers here, they're horrible.
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I like to do really realistic paintings, which requires so much focus; like, if I have to go to the bathroom or change a song, I can't; I'm so in it.
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A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.
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What all this posturing and fake glamor results in is a vast detachment and cynicism on the part of the artists. Since it's impossible to have respect for an audience that'll take just about anything you care to dish out, and the impassive demeanor is so central to the role, a general numbnose is all that can be expected.
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To me, our destinies seem flower and fruit Born of an ever-generating root...
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Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses?How soft is this one, how subtle this is,How fluttering swift as a bird's kiss that is,As a bird that taps at a leafy lattice;How this one clings and how that unclosesFrom bud to flower in the way of roses.
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It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known.
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It's funny - Americans are the colonials who ran away from the royals, and yet we're fascinated by them.
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Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'
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I'm not comfortable singing in front of people yet. That's going to take another 100 performances.
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There is an entire generation of young people who know nothing about how viciously the FBI attacked The Black Panther Party, and why.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the presence of a gift. It is the nature of fiction not to be good for much unless it is good in itself.
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Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.
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Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.
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Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.
