Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.
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What we have really now is a one-state outcome in which Israel is the one and only state between the Jordan River and the sea. It can do whatever it wants virtually throughout the area. But that's not the kind of a state that's going to be a basis for peace and stability in the region.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share.
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I'll back up anything my dad says.
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Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures.
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From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.
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I don't care what people think about me. I really don't.
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In post offices throughout the United States, Selective Service posters reading 'A Man's Gotta Do What A Man's Gotta Do remind men that only they must register for the draft. If the Post Office had a poster saying 'A Jew's Gotta Do What A Jew's Gotta Do...' or if 'A Woman's Gotta Do...' were written across the body of a pregnant woman...
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No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.
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In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.
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My focus is on issues where I can make a difference to stop the liberal agenda being pushed by President Obama.
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I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
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I don't think anybody accepts the idea that somehow I should be punished because I actually served our country during a very difficult time post-9/11. That required me to actually be out of Arkansas for a few years.
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The rules of drama are very much separate from the properties of life. I think that's especially true of Shakespeare.
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If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.
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The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.
