Andrzej Stasiuk Quotes
It drew us, because life is made of bits of the present that stay in the mind. The world itself, really, is made of that.
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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I'm no hardened criminal who the authorities need to hunt.
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The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
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I don't want to smoke on screen, as I will be sending a wrong message to my fans, and I appeal to my costars too, to avoid smoking scenes if possible.
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I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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Even as a kid, I would always imagine horrible circumstances in which I would find myself in my head, and imagine how I would feel, and act it out a bit for myself, because I was a bit of a freak like that. I love doing things like that, and I get a real buzz from it afterwards.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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Death is the easiest of all things after it, and the hardest of all things before it.
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We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.
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Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
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Our government shouldn’t make promises we cannot keep – but we must keep the promises we’ve already made.
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I've always been into cars. Cars are part of our genetic makeup. It's unavoidable.
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We all have those dreams we've never let go of. But believe it or not, sometimes a job that we're not that keen on can help us achieve those dreams or goals.
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Yin and Yang are one vital force -- the primordial aura.
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Madefire is igniting a new era by creating a modern, dynamic reading experience and bringing that to the millions of iPad users around the world.
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Today we stand together all around the world, joined in a common purpose - to remake the planet into a haven of joy and understanding and goodness.
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It drew us, because life is made of bits of the present that stay in the mind. The world itself, really, is made of that.
