Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.
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I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something. People will look up from their desks when you walk in. In L.A. it's, 'Oh yeah, that's a music school. What do you play?'
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The main interest of most members of the Christian Coalition is the breakdown of the family. I think that's our biggest problem, and if the whole country was as concerned and active in issues of the family as members of the Christian Coalition are, we'd probably be better off as a country.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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Refugees come to us seeking asylum, seeking freedom, justice and dignity - seeking a chance just to breathe. And people in our country are saying close the doors and don't let them in?
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I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win.
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The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.
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Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system.
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My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?
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’T was ever thus from childhood’s hour! My fondest hopes would not decay:I never loved a tree or flower Which was the first to fade away.
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We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.
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Sure, this was where her father had planned the De Beers diamond heist when she was three. It was the very room where her uncle had orchestrated the hijacking of eighty percent of the world's caviar when she was seven.
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We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross.
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I am always learning.
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The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
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If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
