Milan Kundera Quotes
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I grew up in war and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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George W. Bush bought the election - period. End of story. There is no argument. You can try to come up with any argument you can, but there is none.
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Cotton Mather's publications in his own lifetime amounted to more than 400 titles, and his magnum opus, on which he labored most of his life, remains unpublished: a commentary on every verse of every book of the Bible. Anyone who leaves that kind of record behind issues an irresistible invitation to historians.
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After Madrid, we intensified our investigative efforts once again, and we are in the process of bringing about expansions in security laws and creating an index file system.
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The Breton peasant is said to have a hard head. He is obstinate and resists outside pressure to alter his creed or his customs.
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I went to UCLA, my dad's alma mater, and that was his dream.
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It's a very hard and competitive business in which you have to fight every day in order to impose yourself.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
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McLaren was a risky project because they were completely new, but we are one team - we win and we lose together.
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I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic.
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There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in protecting people's rights. But if there was ever a time to defer, it is when Congress is protecting voting rights in the exact way the Constitution directs it to.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
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The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos, but they also understood the importance of energy and intensity.
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Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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To laugh is to live profoundly.
