Leon Trotsky Quotes

A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

Leon Trotsky

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• It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do it and say it.

  

  Mae West
  • Look
  • Say
  • How

• I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.

  

  Olivia Colman
  • Women
  • Fun
  • Powerful

• In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

  

  Felicity Kendal
  • Great
  • God
  • Different

• I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.

  

  Hanya Yanagihara
  • Road
  • See
  • Cultures

• There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • People
  • Want
  • Responsibility

• In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

  

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko
  • Believe
  • Worst
  • Russia

• My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Music
  • Play
  • Singing

• There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Know
  • Find
  • Racism

• We already have - thanks to technology, development, skills, the efficiency of our work - enough resources to satisfy all human needs. But we don't have enough resources, and we are unlikely ever to have, to satisfy human greed.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Work
  • Technology
  • Thanks

• I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.

  

  Zach Braff
  • Father
  • Man
  • Eat

• Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Women
  • Years
  • Size

• I just wrote what I felt like writing since they seemed to sell.

  

  Jack Vance
  • Writing
  • Like
  • Sell

• The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • World
  • History
  • Death

• Using a broad brushstroke, I think Libertarian - most of America are socially accepting and fiscally responsible. I'm in that category. I think, broadly speaking, that's a Libertarian. A Libertarian is going to be somebody who's really strong on civil liberties.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • America
  • Think
  • Strong

• You look at Kawhi Leonard, Tony Allen, Draymond Green: they are great on ball, and they are great team defenders as well. You want to be both of them, not just one.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • Great
  • Want
  • Team

• Yes, sir, I was in the processing room watching them actually process the film.

  

  Abraham Zapruder
  • Film
  • Process
  • Watching

• I train to fight, to win.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Win
  • Fight
  • Train

• When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

  

  Clay Matthews III
  • Up

• I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

  

  John Ratzenberger
  • Up
  • Character

• I was really hyperactive as a kid and no one knew how or where I got all this energy.

  

  Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Kids
  • Energy

• So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying, "We're poor as well. What kind of help are we getting?" Or Asian Americans who say, "Look, I'm a first-generation immigrant, and clearly I didn't have anything to do with what was taking place."

  

  Barack Obama
  • American
  • Help
  • Community

• I'm usually woken up by the birds and by my schnauzer, Rafa - for me that's the best start to the day. I jump out of bed, throw on some clothes, and race to the polo ground.

  

  Facundo Pieres
  • Up
  • Day
  • Best

• A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.

  

  Leon Trotsky