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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Who ever knows what will happen with the economy, and will it affect the Internet? There's so much pouring into the Internet; I would doubt it, but I'm not the greatest predictor. But more than any media sector, I think the Internet will hold up.
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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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I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which is the real job - and then there's always a period when the book comes out and you have to lift your head and venture out.
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If you believe in your value, how could it possibly be appropriate to hide it from people who need it?
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Well, some people create their own opportunities; others go where opportunities are the greatest; others fail to recognize opportunity when they are face to face with it.
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I started working for Bethlehem Steel when I was about 16 during the summers.
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Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.
