Vaclav Havel Quotes
As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm doing my more intimate songs that are quite personal, I always feel it's a bit accusing if I stare in someone's face when I singing quite a personal lyric.
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Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
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Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that.
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I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.
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Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You don't have to bring the characters to life, but you do have to make them more convincing.
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Nationally, the share of mortgages that are underwater fell by about one-half between 2011 and 2014.
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IQ is a genetic given that cannot be changed by life experience, and that our destiny in life is largely fixed by these aptitudes.
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I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemptive good will proclaim the rule of the land.
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As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the same time try to resist corruption and deception. In other words, I must do my utmost to act in harmony with my conscience and my better self.
