Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they were found because it was possible to find them.
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The 100m taught me a lot and it's given me confidence.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.
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I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for each major character and a time line for the entire novel: What is going on in the world as my characters struggle with their problems?
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People are going to get older and young guys are going to come in and race and get more competitive.
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Who buys French cars? Not me.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.
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I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
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But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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I didn't want to start acting like a cartoon.
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Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused.
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I don't plan my roles or my films.
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If you ever watch police chases on, like, helicopter cams, they very quickly become nightmarish when you start to see the police coming in from the edge of the frame. I always find that terrifying.
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It will never be altogether well with us till we convert the universe into a prayer room.
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I'm a jeans person; I love Abercrombie. My shoe collection is composed mostly of Chucks and a few pairs of girly ones.
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Come on, it's almost midnight. Let's go watch them cut the cake.
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We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; it is probable, if the pull of the weights decreases on the mountain and increases in the mine, that the earth has real attraction.
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I want a kid to look at me and say, 'You know what, this man had no chance in life, but he stayed in there, and he worked hard. He dedicated himself, and he did it'.
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Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.
