Milovan Djilas Quotes
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I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.
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Arendt did have a certain snobbishness, though in some of her writing she expressed more democratic attitudes.
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I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.
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The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
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I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement.
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Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.
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Bolivar cannot carry double.
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Like the adolescent, the artist is a dreamer and a revolutionary; like the adolescent, he often finds his accomplishment inadequate to his imaginings. But his dream, setting him apart, helps him to escape the burden of the real.
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To say one is revolutionary is a little like saying one is a Zen Buddhist - if you say you are, you probably aren't.
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Revolutionary art and visionary physics are both investigations into the nature of reality.
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I hope one day it's not revolutionary just to be yourself, but I think that the work that's being done around identity and personhood is so important.I feel inspired by people around me who are part of this movement as well: Hari Nef and Rowan Blanchard and Willow Smith and these kids who are really not going to listen to anyone. "I'm just going to say whatever I feel. I'm going to be myself. And if you don't like it, then, you can go screw yourself."
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The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
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The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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I'm excited by the complete shift in attitudes. Twenty years ago, when I did my first report on colorectal cancer, there was tremendous resistance (from news directors).
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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
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As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.
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Good will cannot flow toward you unless it flows from you.
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Nature itself cannot err.
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A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution.
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The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.
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Yes, I did have to struggle very hard to get this the vote on the Iraq war through, but the reason I did it was because I thought it was the right thing to do. I didn't take this on myself... just because I thought, 'Let's give myself a really hard time for a couple of years!'
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Normal life cannot sustain revolutionary attitudes for long.
