Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.
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I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
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I'm unbelievably superstitious.
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Every soak-the-rich tax must become in time a soak-the-poor tax.
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My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!
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Parkinson's Fourth Law: The number of people in any working group tends to increase regardless of the amount of work to be done.
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I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.
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If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.
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To love one's neighbor is a tough command. It works better for people who live far away.
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The men who use Bumble appreciate a confident woman, a woman who has a voice. A lot of men suffer from insecurity and fear rejection, too. Bumble removes that fear, as they don't have to make the first move, so it benefits both men and women.
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Keeping the balance reached with Iran on the nuclear issue.
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The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.
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Have you noticed there are no interesting people in heaven? -Just a hint to the girls as to where they can find their salvation.
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I get a thrill meeting kids who are into alternative music.
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There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. Nothing you can make that can't be made. No one you can save that can't be saved. Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time. It's easy. Nothing you can know that isn't known. Nothing you can see that isn't shown. Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy.
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In the U.S., ironically, people work longer hours in the U.S. than they do in Europe or in any other industrialized country. They seem utterly oblivious to May Day, don't really know what it is - our own history.
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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.
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They shaved a little piece of bone off my small toe. You see, you balance yourself a certain way and this toe had grown under the other ones. So he cut it loose, where I could balance myself and it makes me walk straight.
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I'm one-time-only to the marrow of my bones.
