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Karel Capek Quotes

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: czechoslovakian
Birth: January 9, 1890 - December 25, 1938

Topics

Freedom You Find Dignity Personal

I think every villain basically thinks that he or she is doing something to make his world, or the world in general, a better place.

Villain World Think Better Doing

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Poetry Dancing Foot

The best way to begin genuine bipartisanship to make America stronger is to work together on the real crises facing our country, not to manufacture an artificial crisis to serve a special interest agenda out of touch with the needs of Americans.

Work Best Together America Stronger

I always dreamt of being a girl. One of my earliest memories is spinning around in my mom's skirt trying to look like a ballerina.

Girl Memories Mom Trying Look Being

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, 'Can I sing this part,' or, 'I want to play guitar.'

Good Courage Guitar Play Say Want

I get a lot of mail from boys in detention centers, including one from a center where they only had a few copies of my novel. They had a deal with each other that they'd read a couple of chapters and then slide it under the door to the next guy. I think that's very cool.

Cool Door Think Mail Next Guy

I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.

People Interesting Flattery Always

I thought it was a joke at first, but the president did, in fact, authorize an autopen to sign the Patriot Act extension into law. Consider the dangerous precedent this sets. Any number of circumstances could arise in the future where the public could question whether or not the president authorized the use of an autopen.

Future Law Thought Dangerous First

The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.

Comedy Repetition Fox Human Always

To me, true style icons have been few and far between. Elizabeth Taylor comes to mind. I never got to meet her while she was alive, but she is one of those people I have always admired in terms of her sense of style.

Style People Mind Me Alive Meet

I shaved my head when I was 14 - is that bad? I asked my dad's permission first. He said, 'You're gonna look like a boy.' And I said, 'OK'... then I did it anyway. All through high school, I had a shaved head and I'd dye it crazy colors - it was fun.

School Fun Crazy Colors High School

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else.

Suzanne Farrell

Moment Doing You Living Ungrateful

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