Adam Michnik Quotes

The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.

Adam Michnik

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: polish
  • Birth: October 17, 1946

Topics

FreedomPoliceSpringPoliticalNew

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

Jesse Ball

TruthSayLyingMatterNeedThings

Exercise plays a huge role in keeping me sane, and that's my primary motivation to 'find time.'

Jessica Scorpio

TimeMeMotivationExerciseFind

Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.

John Burroughs

LifeFatherMeBookHimPeculiar

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

Jeremy Rifkin

AgeOpportunityDebateNowUpBring

My sister is a chiropractor and she says I have an unusually flexible lower back, but I don't do yoga, and I don't feel like I'm very bendy.

Jennifer Carpenter

SisterFeelBackFlexibleSheLike

When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come out and then you get the feedback. When you do work online, the moment you're finished making it, people start responding to it which is really fun and allows for a kind of community development you just can't have in novels.

John Green

WorkCommunityMomentFunWaiting

It's been a dream of mine since I discovered my first lipstick to create and own my very own brand. My goal is to create products that do exactly what they say and that actually last!

Jeffree Star

BrandDreamGoalCreateLipstick

I suggest we bring some normality back to this country and say if you are carrying a knife, there must be zero tolerance. If it was up to me, everyone caught with a knife would get an automatic ten year sentence.

Simon Cowell

MeToleranceYearYouBackCountry

Rubio is clearly an open-borders Republican. He is the Chamber of Commerce candidate, the 'more is better' candidate, and the amnesty candidate.

Tom Tancredo

BetterMoreRepublicanClearlyHe

I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat!

Dorothy Hamill

PantsKickUsedTantrumsTerrible

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

Donald Trump

TalkPoliticiansManage

Most actors will tell you they have some sort of dream of doing something other than what they're doing.

Colin Firth

DoingYouDreamWillTellSomething

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