Vaclav Havel Quotes
There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. ... Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.Vaclav Havel
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
Taylor Swift -
I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
Daniel Boulud -
In the CIA, they recruit you to be an officer, an ops officer, in part due to how well you cope with stress and how well you adapt to new situations.
Valerie Plame -
I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
Carlene Carter -
Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
Tarja Halonen -
I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
Edmund Hillary
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
Laura Dern -
There is no diplomacy like candor.
E. V. Lucas -
It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
Ingrid Bergman -
'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
Ian Mckellen -
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
Abraham Lincoln -
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
Manning Marable
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Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
Rachel Dratch -
My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
Olly Murs -
I'm not super into sports.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov
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God cannot reveal anything to us if we have not His spirit.
Oswald Chambers -
I have to work things out by painting them. I can't just imagine what will happen. I have to do it and see it. That's the only way I find out if it will go anywhere.
Kenneth Noland -
We need to recognize that although terrorism is real, there are many other dangers out there. And terrorism should not be the only driver or necessarily the leading driver of our foreign policy and especially of our domestic politics.
Daniel Byman -
People want to be artists but don't want to do the ground work.
Jane Hamilton -
I may have got (Paul) Waner out, but I never fooled him.
Burleigh Grimes -
There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. ... Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.
Vaclav Havel