"Some in the West apparently believe that Poland no longer has its own interests, and that it is all too willing to agree with the opinions of others. This is absolutely not the case. Indeed, other countries in Europe uphold their own interests with great determination."

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Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Lech Kaczynski

#Country Quotes #Determination Quotes #Believe Quotes

“... when I left the stage door and sought my orientation among real people I was in a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.”
“I learned you pay for your happiness. That's why I don't expect to be happy all the time. I'd rather be surprised by one moment every so often to remind me that joy is possible, even if I have to pay for it later.”

Source : Esmeralda Santiago (2011). “Conquistadora”, p.38, Vintage
“The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.”
“Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories”

Source : "Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America’s 'Open Veins,' on His New Book 'Children of the Days'". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, www.democracynow.org. May 8, 2013.
“Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.”
“Religious people claim that it's just the fundamentalists of each religion that cause problems. But there's got to be something wrong with the religion itself if those who strictly adhere to its most fundamental principles are violent bigots and sexists.”
“I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.”

Source : "A Fashionable Life: Paloma Picasso" by Dana Thomas, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 09, 2010.
“Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.”

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