Vaclav Havel Quotes
The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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I get cyber-bullied all of the time. Everybody has something negative to say. It is so hurtful. So I think that it is really important for kids to know how to deal with it correctly because it can be a really dangerous situation.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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Humanity evolves when we realise that animals have the same rights to the Earth as we do.
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Michael was very specific during rehearsals. When he was pleased, he always had this charming grin.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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I think we find that it's most helpful when we have both of our brains applied to an issue.
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In defense of the right to...marry whom we please - we might quote some of the basic principles of our government and suggest that in some things individual rights to tastes should control....If a good man from Maryland sees fit to marry a disenfranchised woman from New York, there should be no legal impediments to the union.
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The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.
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Oh, hey, Claire,” she said, and blinked. “Where are you going?” “Funeral,” Shane said. On-screen, a zombie shrieked and died gruesomely. “Yeah? Cool! Whose?” “Hers.” Shane said.
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The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why, and how it is said.
