Lech Walesa Quotes
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.
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I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.
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I'm pretty much a dinosaur in the studio. I like things hand-drawn, even today. The story artists use Cintiqs, but I'm the only person who hasn't completely converted to computers. I like the Cintiq, but there's something about the raw emotional power of using paper and pencil.
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Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
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What I see now is the consumerisation of IT. I don't want my company to tell me that I have to use a BlackBerry or I have to use a Windows phone. I just want to use the phone I want and have it all work.
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It is in vain that we would circumscribe the power of one half of our race, and that half by far the most important and influential.
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I am very excited and delighted to be an important part of the development of corporate America.
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For artists, the majority of the money we make comes from us being on the road and touring.
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I have a theater background, so I like finding beats, working on things and having rehearsal.
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If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible.
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
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If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors.
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Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.
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Here among my books, my wife, my friends and my loves, I have plenty of reasons to keep living.
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Even now I can't describe why I love skating so much.
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I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.
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From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they all come around wantin' to borrow money. I've always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.
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I'm going to come back to West Virginia when this is over. There's something ancient and deeply-rooted in my soul. I like to think that I have left my ghost up one of those hollows, and I'll never really be able to leave for good until I find it. And I don't want to look for it, because I might find it and have to leave." - from a letter to his mother Helen Pancake that Breece wrote in Charlottesville, where he was studying writing.
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There are a lot of distractions when you're in creative industries like publishing or fashion or media, and it's a real blessing to have witnessed some of those up close at a young age. I think when you get past the glamour, that's when you get to the good stuff - the stuff that really feeds your soul and enriches you as a person.
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Censorship is all around us, I don't think it's innate.
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I cannot stand for more than half an hour in one place.
