"Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed."

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Source : "Quotes on the death of Vaclav Havel". The Guardian, December 18, 2011.

Jerzy Buzek

#Europe Quotes #Velvet Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“If a girl looks swell when she meets you, who gives a damn if she's late? Nobody.”
“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will effect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything”
“He that slayeth an ox is as he that killeth a human.”
“To find a man's true character, play golf with him.”
“Forbearance in the face of fate, beauty constant under torture, are not merely passive. They are a positive achievement, an explicit triumph.”
“I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is not an exclusively British institution. Read descriptions, for instance, of the over-organized, wonderfully systematic and "thorough" German war machine during the last war.”

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