Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
Most of the earth's inhabitants work to get by. They work because they have to. They didn't pick this or that kind of job out of passion; the circumstances of their lives did the choosing for them. Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries. And there's no sign that coming centuries will produce any changes for the better as far as this goes.
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The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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The idea of a soulmate is beautiful and very romantic to talk about it in a movie or a song, but in reality, I find it scary.
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I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.
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Back in the 1960s, I got a superb education for very little money. The bill for my first year at Harpur College in New York was a few hundred dollars.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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Every artist says that he/she wants to do something challenging, and I'm not any different. If someone approaches me with a serious role, I'll be more than happy.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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I came from drama school, and it's a group of 18 people working together in every single production and splitting up the roles for three years, so I am very much about the team.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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I write novels and other things.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.
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Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.
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It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.
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When the task we give ourselves has the urgency of passion, there's nothing that can keep us from completing it.
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Most of the earth's inhabitants work to get by. They work because they have to. They didn't pick this or that kind of job out of passion; the circumstances of their lives did the choosing for them. Loveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven't got even that much, however loveless and boring - this is one of the harshest human miseries. And there's no sign that coming centuries will produce any changes for the better as far as this goes.
