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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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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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 always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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I set my sights on making an Olympic team, not realizing how tough it was going to be.
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Perfect humility dispenses with modesty.
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When I step on the stage and sing 'Wait for It,' I'm singing that for everybody. I don't mean I'm singing it for them; I mean, you are their voice.
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I fear becoming formulaic. Some of my books are.
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What does culture want? To make infinity comprehensible.
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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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.
