"Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it."

-- Adam Michnik

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“Sometimes it’s not how much light you use to get an effect, it’s how little you use and still make it work. There are a lot of rules to be broken in photography, and you’ve got to have courage.”
“We are all riding on the same bus.”
“To quote the exceptional teacher Marva Collins, "I will is more important than IQ." It is wonderful to have a terrific mind, but it's been my experience that having outstanding intelligence is a very small part of the total package that leads to success and happiness. Discipline, hard work, perseverance, and generosity of spirit are, in the final analysis, far more important”

Source : Rafe Esquith (2008). “There Are No Shortcuts”, p.156, Anchor
“There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty.”
“when the desire is on for one particular person, nobody else will do ...”
“No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.”
“I like red wine because it's more sophisticated, more complex and mature. It's a bit like me, no longer young but not old yet either.”
“You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all.”

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