Lech Walesa Quotes
I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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You're an enormous sponge and everything goes in there and you squeeze it out in songs, I guess. And if you're a painter, you squeeze them out on to a canvas.
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For every single show you do, make sure you go out and literally try to beat what you did the day before. It's something that you can incorporate into everything you do. If you're constantly trying to beat your best, over time it will help you grow.
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My mom and my dad were married 56 years, and the fact that I reconciled with my dad I think made their marriage a little bit better as well.
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Successful givers secure their oxygen masks before coming to the assistance of others. Although their motives may be less purely altruistic, their actions prove more altruistic, because they give more.
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Ordinary people need to lead and not sit there and think that governments are going to spoon-feed them and look after them and look after the country, because they won't.
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To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.
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I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
