Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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Food can change anything.
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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.
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My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.
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It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world.
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We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.
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We just can't change the rules if we don't like the results.
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A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
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You hold the keys of change within you. You be the change you want to see.
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I don't believe in regime change, certainly not in the Middle East.
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Let no rank puff up anyone; for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.
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I just love the feeling a close family gives you and I wouldn't change it for anything.
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There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.
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Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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Never could I tell, try as I might, what it actually was that I saw; nor could the still face tell, for although it must have seen more than I did, it will never speak again. But always I shall guard against the mocking and insatiate Hypnos, lord of sleep, against the night sky, and against the mad ambitions of knowledge and philosophy.
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I'm a big fan of 'Akira,' and I think comics are a great place to tell intelligent, fantastical stories. You can say stuff that you wouldn't be able to in other mediums.
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Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.
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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
