Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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While it's easy for South Sudan to feel distant, the situation is all too real for the South Sudanese mothers choosing which child gets to eat tomorrow. This is a time when we must look outward together and declare that humanity has no borders - no one deserves to suffer like this, especially in a world of such abundance.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be.
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The time necessary for the disappearance of half the atoms, called the half-life, is a fundamental characteristic of each radio-element; according to the substance, the value of the half-life varies between a fraction of a second and millions of years.
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God has to let you be there, and then you just have to have good fortune for whatever reason. I'm enjoying every moment of my life. We are so fortunate just to be alive.
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
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I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.
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Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
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I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.
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If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release.
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My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters.
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If there ever could be a justifiable war in the name of and for humanity, a war against Germany, to prevent the wanton persecution of a whole race, would be completely justified. But I do not believe in any war. A discussion of the pros and cons of such a war is therefore outside my horizon or province.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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And in his hand a sickle he did holde, To reape the ripened fruits the which the earth had yold.
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We have large armies, well disciplined and appointed, with commanders inferior to none in military skill, and superior in activity and zeal. We are furnished with arsenals and stores beyond our most sanguine expectations.
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What men call accident is God's own part.
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The sanctity of prayer is needed to impregnate business. We need the spirit of Sunday carried over to Monday and continued until Saturday. But this cannot be done by prayerless men, but by men of prayer.
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We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest.
Garry Kasparov -
The first meal my husband ever made me was a chicken curry. I have never tasted anything so delicious in my life.
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Hollywood is probably the most active centre of film-making in the world, but it's also a very difficult place in which to find your voice... It was also a far more civilised industry in Ireland.
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Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
