Zbigniew Herbert Quotes
Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So I beat them with my mind and my fundamentals.
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Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.
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I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.
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What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
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The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
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But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
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I get out of the pool after a workout and look on my BlackBerry to see if the nanny called and to make sure everything's okay. My child is always on my mind.
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We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006.
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There is not one description of beauty - that in fact it has different faces, different stories, and different background, and it's important to embrace all of those.
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I take so much pleasure at seeing customers who are happy: happy with what they eat, but happy with their friends and sharing a great moment together, and I think that is more important in life than the endless pursuit of perfection.
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You need to feel that the game is important to you. Lose that feeling and you lose your edge. There's no faking that kind of emotion. You can't invent the feeling. It's got to be natural, real.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention.
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A vacation home is a wonderful 'extra' as you start building wealth. Remember, though, it's still basically a very large, very expensive toy.
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I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.
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A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.
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Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important
