Vaclav Havel Quotes
The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.Vaclav Havel
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
C. Northcote Parkinson -
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
Carl Sandburg -
The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
Cam Gigandet -
A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
Pamela Meyer -
Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential to proper cognitive development.
Laura Moser -
I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.
Patrice O'Neal
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I'm an artist at heart.
Lance Reddick -
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
Igor Stravinsky -
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
Park Chan-wook -
The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.
Victor Mitchell -
Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.
Sam Kinison -
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
Iris Chang
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
Carice van Houten -
I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
Gabriel Basso -
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
Mahatma Gandhi -
It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
Adam Baldwin -
The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
Manti Te'o -
I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
Saina Nehwal
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Supporting American technology companies is one of the most patriotic things you can do - the technology industry is the reason our country has such a high-standard of living and why we can afford to spread the democracy virus around the globe.
Jason Calacanis -
I want to live forever! I want to learn how to fly high!
Niall Horan One Direction -
What we want is a social harmony, even as we live in a world where any idea about 'the real thing' is as likely to evoke the ancient memory of an advertisement for a soda pop as anything solid or necessary.
Douglas Lain -
A system where self-employment and self-finance was typical gave way to a system of companies having various business freedoms and enabling institutions. This was the 'great transformation' on which historians and sociologists as well as business commentators were to write volumes.
Edmund Phelps -
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
Dana Spiotta -
The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.
Vaclav Havel