Enrique Jardiel Poncela Quotes
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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Writers should provoke disagreement.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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It's a good giggle to look back at yourself in your 20s. You thought you were so fierce and fabulous, and it's just embarrassing.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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I'm OK: I don't need money.
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Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
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High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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As long as humans have existed, we have always desired to live longer. Every society, every religion, every culture. Of course, they all failed at dramatic life extension.
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Agathon: One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace. (tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 2, p. 278) (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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You have to come to terms with loving your body.
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With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
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Because there's no structural barrier to joining 4chan, the community is really dynamic; for every five people that leave, five new people join, bringing their perspective and culture. A lot of other communities get set in their ways.
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You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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I don't need to publish to make a living.
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Everything looks better with my eyes closed.
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When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
