Vaclav Havel Quotes
My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our country flourished, how many millions of tons of steel we produced, how happy we all were, how we trusted our government, and what bright perspectives were unfolding in front of us. I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you.
Vaclav Havel
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
W. Somerset Maugham
Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sleeps within its body, man sleeps with his body in his mind.
Malcolm de Chazal
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
Zoe Saldana
I would love a family. I'm at the age where the wish for a child gets stronger. But who knows.
Cameron Diaz
Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
Yvonne Strahovski
People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
Tatyana Tolstaya
A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job.
David Muir
I like working in theatre now and I think that once you've done a certain amount of films most actors love working in the theatre because of the camaraderie.
Francesca Annis
There was a library near us in San Francisco. It was the West Portal Public Library. I would ask my father to drive me there at night and pick me up when it closed. I think he was worried about this routine but never let on. Also, I kept this a secret from my friends, as I don't think it would have been considered the 'coolest' habit.
Jeffrey Tambor
Religious ideas about good and evil tend to focus on how to achieve well-being in the next life, and this makes them terrible guides to securing it in this one. Of course, there are a few gems to be found in every religious tradition, but insofar as these precepts are wise and useful they are not, in principle, religious.
Sam Harris
But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.
Douglas Hurd
My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our country flourished, how many millions of tons of steel we produced, how happy we all were, how we trusted our government, and what bright perspectives were unfolding in front of us. I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you.
Vaclav Havel