Vladimir Lenin Quotes

No Bolshevik, no Communist, no intelligent socialist has ever entertained the idea of violence against the middle peasants. All socialists have always spoken of agreement with them and of their gradual and voluntary transition to socialism.

Vladimir Lenin

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• I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.

  

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• Magic frightens people almost as much as it intrigues them.

  

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• To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.

  

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• People in the film industry always want to save for a rainy day. Many early actors died in small houses with no money, and so they are insecure. My advantage is I don't value money that much. It's an easy thing for me to let go.

  

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• I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.

  

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• There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.

  

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• All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.

  

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• Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.

  

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• Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

  

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• If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.

  

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• There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.

  

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• Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.

  

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• To this day, if you gave me $1,000, I really can't stand up - You can tell a joke. You're a good storyteller and a good joke teller.

  

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• We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.

  

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• No Bolshevik, no Communist, no intelligent socialist has ever entertained the idea of violence against the middle peasants. All socialists have always spoken of agreement with them and of their gradual and voluntary transition to socialism.

  

  Vladimir Lenin
  • Violence
  • Intelligent
  • Socialism