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.
Adam Michnik
Quotes to Explore
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
Yann Martel
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
Paracelsus
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
G. M. Trevelyan
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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.
Maika Monroe
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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.
Gail Kelly
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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.
Gail Sheehy
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I just talked to a young lady, a freshman at Santa Barbara. She's taking a course, and Moneyball's one of the required readings. This young lady could dream of one day becoming a general manager.
Billy Beane
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Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
Mario Batali
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Because it's cheaper and easier to fly than ever before, air travel is becoming democratized.
Peter Diamandis
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Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like. v One could wish no easier death than that of Socrates, calmly discussing philosophy with his friends; one could fear nothing worse than that of Jesus, dying in torment, among the insults, the mockery, the curses of the whole nation. In the midst of these terrible sufferings, Jesus prays for his cruel murderers. Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a philosopher, the life and death of Christ are those of a God.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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A prophetic world that can never come true.
Catherynne M. Valente
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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.
Adam Michnik
