Vaclav Havel Quotes

Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is precisely this glow that we can offer as our specific contribution to international politics.

Vaclav Havel

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• I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Think
  • Red
  • Down

• I talk every day about doing the right thing.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Day
  • Doing The Right Thing

• It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.

  

  Zeljko Ivanek
  • People
  • World
  • Why

• Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Children
  • Family
  • Free

• I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Heart
  • Desire
  • Independent

• Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Important
  • Know

• When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Home
  • Everything
  • Normal

• Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.

  

  Imran Amed
  • People
  • Done
  • Day

• If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • Money
  • Stupid
  • Smart

• We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

  

  Harold Nicolson
  • Judge
  • Others
  • Ideals

• I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Song
  • Man
  • Dance

• It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Know
  • Alive
  • Legacy

• If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

  

  Patricia Cornwell
  • World
  • Day
  • Better

• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Confident

• From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.

  

  Olav Thon
  • Life
  • Family
  • Night

• My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.

  

  Tao Lin
  • Book
  • Poetry
  • Write

• My family is weird in a very good way because I was always exposed to the arts.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Good
  • Family
  • Weird

• I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

  

  Victor Garber
  • Believe
  • Truth
  • Same

• As a white teen, I was very drawn to hip-hop culture, almost to the point of disappearing in it - there was a sense of having no sense of authenticity except this one that wasn't mine.

  

  Jess Row
  • Culture
  • Teen
  • Authenticity

• I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Up
  • Long
  • Real

• I don't write political stuff. I'm sure I've made attempts, but I don't tend to write very topical things, either. I admire those people who do because it's a talent I don't have.

  

  Kyle Mooney
  • People
  • Political

• It's the wanting to know that makes us matter.

  

  Tom Stoppard

• The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

  

  Franklin Pierce Adams
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is precisely this glow that we can offer as our specific contribution to international politics.

  

  Vaclav Havel
  • Country
  • Power
  • Understanding