Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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My favorite thing of all time is a New York City weekend when there's a blizzard. Everything gets really quiet, and everyone goes to the movies and the park.
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I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price.
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When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more powerful and results in added energy and intelligence.
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I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering.
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In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.
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The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
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The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.
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The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. - Romeo
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I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.
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The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if he was really evil at heart. What lies or threats led him on this long march from home. If he would not rather have stayed there in peace. War will make corpses of us all.
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Now son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.
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Why is life so difficult? Why can't we be just ourselves and have everyone accept us the way we are?
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The history of the world begins with a seed. The seed is the kernel of what you are, but it is also the promise of what you can become.
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Life doesn't make any sense without interdependence. We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
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My combat action has commenced... I've pissed my pants, but only a little.
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When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.
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To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should strike down legislation only when a clear constitutional violation exists. When judicial activists resort to various inventions and theories to impose their personal views on privacy and liberty, they jeopardize the legitimacy of the judiciary as an institution and undermine the role of the other branches of government.
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Pants get shiny even on a throne.