Wislawa Szymborska Quotes

All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.

Wislawa Szymborska

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: July 2, 1923 - February 1, 2012

Topics

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Whenever I watch a show and twentysomethings have a lot of 'Star Wars' references, I know it's written by a 40-year-old dude.

Anders Holm

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You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge.

Anna Faris

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When I was 12, I decided to become a musician. 'Physical Graffiti' was the first album I ever owned.

Jeff Buckley

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The movies were so healing for me because I had such an isolated, lonely childhood. Going to the movies and having the lights go down, you disappear. If you have esteem issues, suddenly you're in a void where nobody can see you. You are just by yourself in that darkness, and your loneliness is cured.

Michael De Luca

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When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.

Mike Tyson

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By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

Michelle Bachelet

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During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Douglas Wilder

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Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment that's 80 percent, not just during the recession. We need to help treat that before they can even go sit in a class and learn about math.

Denise Juneau

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What I love about piano and vocal is it's incredibly pure, and it gets down to the essence of the song because you're not distracted by an orchestra. When it's just a piano and a voice, it's about the purity of singing the song.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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There's no redemption in being robbed. Yeah, maybe you can replace that thing, but it will never be the way it was when you got it the first time. It'll never have the same weight and preciousness again.

Brian Tyree Henry

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What we are witnessing now is a clash of civilisations, not just between states but within them.

Pim Fortuyn

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As the sixth largest economy in the world, the economic engine of the nation, and provider of a large percentage of the federal budget, California carries a lot of weight.

Shervin Pishevar

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