Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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• I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.

  

  Patrick McHenry
  • Judge
  • Start
  • Election

• It's understandable why TV hasn't been diverse because a lot of TV writers are white dudes from Harvard. And white dudes from Harvard aren't going to immediately want to write about trans issues. They're not immediately going to want to write about a Filipino family.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Family
  • Why
  • Want

• Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Sometimes
  • Care
  • Laugh

• It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Air
  • Down
  • Windows

• I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Important
  • Family
  • Giving

• I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.

  

  Ted Demme
  • Think
  • Start
  • Pressure

• Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.

  

  J. William Fulbright
  • Work
  • Great
  • God

• I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Like
  • Film
  • Happens

• Emergency health care for illegal aliens along the southwestern border is already costing area hospitals $200 million a year, with perhaps another $100 million in extended care costs.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Health
  • Care
  • Year

• Among the questions we have in mind: dark matter, antimatter, and matter symmetry.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • Mind
  • Dark
  • Questions

• I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Want
  • Serious
  • News

• I saw Tom Cruise at every audition I went up for, and he was a friendly go-getter back then. You gotta remember, in New York I would go up for something, I would sit, and in the room would be Matthew Modine, Matthew Broderick, Andrew McCarthy, Tom Cruise, and Kevin Bacon.

  

  Zach Galligan
  • Up
  • Remember
  • New

• Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Hope

• I think to describe 'The Gates' as a genre show is tricky because when you think of what's a vampire show or what's a supernatural kind of thing, I think other shows... maybe focus on that element probably slightly more than our show does.

  

  Chandra West
  • Focus
  • Vampire
  • Supernatural

• I heard during our label-searching that some labels hire statisticians instead of A&R people. They'll reach out to the bands that will statistically perform best monetarily instead of going out to shows and having an opinion on which music is good or bad.

  

  Lucy Dacus
  • People
  • Good
  • Music

• We ask to be recognized as men.

  

  Chief Joseph
  • Men

• Too many people are buying gifts for themselves when they pick out a gift for a friend.

  

  Phoebe Cates
  • People
  • Friend

• I think anybody who looks at my record will say I've been trying to cut government spending and make government live more like families do.

  

  Ander Crenshaw
  • Live
  • Trying

• Joe Prunty will take over, and he will run the team. But nobody gets out of their lane. Joe will still be offense, and Sweeney will still be defense.

  

  Jason Kidd
  • Team

• A product for everyone rarely reaches much of anyone.

  

  Seth Godin
  • Product
  • Reaches

• I totally have the ability to laugh at myself. I don't think one should take oneself seriously, ever. As long as you are not hurting my sentiments by revealing personal details or talking badly about my family, I'm absolutely fine.

  

  Alia Bhatt
  • Long
  • Family

• Of all the names Polygamy went by (so as not to exasperate the Gentile population and even some of the wives of the members' own bosoms any more than necessary) - such as Pluralism, Plural or Celestial Wedlock, the Principle, the Doctrine, the New Covenant and the Gospel Dispensation of the Meridian of Consummate Time - the latter was thought to be the least like waving a red flag in front of a bull. But as it was hard to remember and did not make instant or any other kind of sense, it was not much used.

  

  Ardyth Kennelly
  • Sense
  • Polygamy
  • Pluralism

• What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.

  

  Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
  • World
  • Trying
  • Vision

• Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

  

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
  • Wall
  • Succeed
  • Next