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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I am a very selfish person.
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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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By the end of Fashion Week my apartment is covered with makeup and clothes and shoes. Everything you can think of.
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My friend, the moon god was Allah. He was just one of 360 idols in the Ka'aba in Mecca. And Muhammad knew all about this. The crescent moon is everywhere in Islam. Even Ramadan begins and ends with the crescent moon. Ask your mullah why!
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One gal drank a can of floor wax and topped it off with a cup of Clorox, trying to separate herself from the same world he was in.
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When I'm off the golf course, and my wife and I have free time, which is not very often, we really enjoy movies. I'm a movie nut; she might even be more so. Holiday in our house is the Oscars.
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The Purpose of Time is to Prevent Everything from Happening at Once.
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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.
