Bohumil Hrabal Quotes
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The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.
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Going to film school just made me love it. Before film school, I didn't really think much of acting. I was more into making music, but going to school and learning about it every day, it made me grow profound respect for the art.
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I wouldn't call myself anti-nuclear.
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Always the aim for me is making people feel like they are not alone. That's just the greatest feeling.
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Your goals should be to have the system work for you instead of your working for the system! Be the hammer - not the nail!
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I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.
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I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.
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Two imbecile parents, whether related or not, have only imbecile offspring.
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It's a crapshoot. You're dealing with kids, 17 to 21 years old. That's a lot of pressure. Think of all the pressure -- and the money that is bet on it, legally and illegally. It's amazing.
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I'm absolutely obsessed with The Jesus And Mary Chain and Patti Smith, but I'm a massive pop fan. I love pop culture, It's a total reflection of the zeitgeist.
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You'd have thought they'd have been on about Sir Elton John, and the fantastic goals David has scored which have got us through to the World Cup. But what they were really interested in was that I was holding a bag that had 'Sex' written on it. It's quite bizarre.
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Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!
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No one starts out with the answers. You figure them out as you go and you learn from the people who figured them out before you.
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I don't care. I want to work for the team, and that's it. I don't think about improved player, sixth man. If my teammates know I'm improved, that's enough.
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Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
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Most of us fully expect that we're going to learn things we didn't know about.
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I expect them to tell me things about myself I don't know.
