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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One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can't bring your laptop, or don't want to. But working on somebody else's machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails.
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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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A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.
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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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I would advise kids not to play any sports, such as tackle football, where they are exposed to repeated blows to the head.
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One of the problems of writing and working and looking at the Internet is that it's very hard to separate fashion from deep change.
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Mankind has failed miserably in its effort to devise a rational system of government. ... The art of government is the exclusive possession of quacks and frauds. It has been so since the earliest days, and it will probably remain so until the end of time.
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Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.
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I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.
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When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.
