Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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Marriage has made me safer.
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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
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I grew up outside of Boston in a town called Manchester by the Sea, and we spent our summers in Nantucket.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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Fear can be good when you're walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it's not good when you have a goal and you're fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.
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Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers.
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When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
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In the beginning, before the creation of Heaven and Earth, God made the angels; free intelligences and free wills; out of His love He made them, that they might be eternally happy. And that their happiness might be complete, He gave them the perfection of a created nature; that is, He gave them freedom.
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It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good.
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Teens are not like the weird, dumb dwarves you have around your house. They are actually you when you were younger. Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?
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Culture is very important to the Mavs. Your best player has to be a fit for what you want the culture of the team to be. He has to be someone who leads by example. Someone who sets the tone in the locker room and on the court. It isn't about who talks the most or the loudest. It is about the demeanor and attitude he brings.
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The only solution to pollution is a people's humane revolution.
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I don't think art is in danger of dissolution or disappearance, and we don't trust enough in its ability and power to create critical consciousness as much as we think we do.
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The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.
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The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
