Vaclav Havel Quotes
Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.
Quotes to Explore
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Planning bores me. I like to go with the flow. Being whimsical is nice, occasionally. It keeps things fresh; there's no expectation.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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Writing is only the frosting on my cake. I'm whole without it.
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As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.
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It's been said that the men in my books have been absent, or weak, or creepy.
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When you're the victim of the behavior, it's black and white; when you're the perpetrator, there are a million shades of gray.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
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Nothing is an accident: it's always someone's fault; perhaps-but no one teaches us how to live with our mistakes. Everyone is isolated, alone with his or her anguish and guilt, and too penetrating a question can mean people are not able to face one another the next day.
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You hear all these stories about, 'There's one in a million guys that make it to the NBA and stay there.' To see people cheering for me and when they say my name, it's just crazy. It's still crazy to me.
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My practicality consists in this: in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall … that is my strength, my only strength.
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Better to be called something positive and inspirational than something negative.
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Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly, to all people. This is why we cannot remain silent in the face of evil or violence; silence merely encourages them.
