Milan Kundera Quotes

When I was a little boy in short pants, I dreamed about a miraculous ointment that would make me invisible. Then I became an adult, began to write, and wanted to be successful. Now I'm successful and would like to have the ointment that would make me invisible.

Milan Kundera

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MeShortNowBoyWritePants

Roy, the guy I play in 'The Grifters,' is a guy who had a very bleak life. His mother had him at 13, and then when she was 17 or 18 and he was 4 or 5, they were trapped in a small Texas town somewhere, and she was ready to do anything to get out.

John Cusack

LifeMotherSmallTexasReadyPlay

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.

Alvin Adams

DayKeyViewDifferentInstant

'Good enough is good enough' - that's never been acceptable for me.

Amber Stevens

GoodMeEnoughNeverBeen

Being sent away to school was no different from my biological mother giving me away.

Michael Reagan

MotherSchoolMeGivingDifferent

The arts saved my life.

Michael K. Williams

LifeMy LifeArtsSaved

'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.

Lord Byron

BookNameNothingSeePleasantSure

I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement.

Doris Lessing

WomenThinkMovementGoneI Think

What kind of system do we have when innocent people can sit on death row for 30 years?

Anthony Ray Hinton

DeathPeopleInnocentKindSystem

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

Preston Manning

ConfidenceBusinessTrustDecision

There's no right way or wrong way to work. There's only your way.

Suzanne Brockmann

WorkWrongWayRightOnlyYour

When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book.

Paula Danziger

FatherMyselfMeBookSomedayWould

I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.

Payal Kadakia

GreatSupportPeopleThinkFeelYou

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