Zbigniew Herbert Quotes
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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I burp, I fart. I'm a real woman.
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I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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I always feel the danger because you might always be subject to an unexpected or emergency event.
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There is no substitute for jamming and getting to know each other on the road.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.
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Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.
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If something's gonna make you happy, and you know it's gonna make you happy, and it's what you want more than anything in the world, don't let someone else discourage you and talk you out of doing it just because they're doubters.
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Because they claim to be concerned with the welfare of whole societies, governments arrogate to themselves the right to pass off as mere abstract profit or loss the human unhappiness that their decisions provoke or their negligence permits. It is a duty of an international citizenship to always bring the testimony of people's suffering to the eyes and ears of governments, sufferings for which it's untrue that they are not responsible. The suffering of men must never be a mere silent residue of policy. It grounds an absolute right to stand up and speak to those who hold power.
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Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.
