Adam Michnik Quotes
I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.
Quotes to Explore
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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Bin Laden was born filthy rich and died in a rich man's house, which he had painstakingly built to the highest specifications.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
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We got to go to Lucas Ranch and, at that time, my brother was still living in a condo about a mile from Robin Williams, and so I made all of the other comics jealous because I got to get a ride home with him.
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By 1988, I was living in New York myself.
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My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.
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Good material is good material.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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No more turkey, but I'd like some more of the bread it ate.
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It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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You are built to pull a cart, to lift a heavy load and bear it, to haul up the long slope, and so am I, peasant bodies, earthy, solid shapely dark glazed clay pots that can stand on the fire.
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As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely. (Spoken by Volger, on Deryn)
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I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.
