Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
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I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I am prepared for any crisis.
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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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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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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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The business breeds such a deep insecurity. It's the nature of the beast, and there is nothing you can do to get away from that.
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When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute they write a word, they know how it will look on-screen. They are very purposeful, with no kind of mistakes.
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The two divinest things this world has got,A lovely woman in a rural spot!
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Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated.
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Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
