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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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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There's no regrets for me.
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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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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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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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Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.
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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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I tried my hand at photography and worked with a studio for six months.
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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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What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art. You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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Musicians should not play music. Music should play musicians.
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The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.
