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Lech Walesa Quotes

I have a vision, and I know I'm right.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: polish
Birth: September 29, 1943

Topics

Internet Information Now Intellect

I don't watch a lot of television, which sounds strange for someone who works in TV.

Someone Television Strange Watch Who

I've never been an optimist.

Never Optimist Been

If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.

Life Would Second Correct How Had

I'm not an advocate of true rhymes, I don't think. I think that everyone who writes musical theater needs to know how to do true rhymes, because that's the tradition of it, but I do think that in order for the art form to grow, it's important to not let tradition get in the way of innovation.

Innovation Art Think Grow Tradition

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.

Stephen Greenblatt

Words Language English Language Never

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

Soren Kierkegaard

Man Imperfection Desire Human Only

If somebody honks a horn in Cleveland, they're saying 'Hi.' It's so rare to be honked at in anger. When we have merging traffic, we just interweave. There's real courtesy.

Mary Doria Russell

Anger Saying Traffic Courtesy Real

The press always ends up being much nicer than I expect. A lot of times they say something snarky about you, but then you meet them in person and they couldn't be nicer.

You Person Say Meet They Say Always

I'm from a Gypsy background!

Gypsy Background

When I left college, it broke my mom's heart, but I knew I had to be in Nashville. I knew that was the place you had to be in to become a better songwriter, and that's what I wanted to move there for and to ultimately get a record deal.

Heart College Mom Better You Place

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.

People Think Country Understand More

When you're writing, you think: How does intimacy happen in the work? You don't know who your reader is, woman, man, child, black person, Asian, who knows?

Claudia Rankine

Work Woman Man Child Writing Think

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