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Small: So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look.
"So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit
"Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit"
Stefan Banach, Mathematician
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Small: At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of man
"At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many re
"Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, a
"We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and s
"On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and
"Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists
"The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise"
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Journalist
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Small: I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow
"I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another"
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Journalist
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Small: One day I discovered that one could get the barrier to internal rotation in ethane approximately right using t
"One day I discovered that one could get the barrier to internal rotation in ethane approximately right using this method. This was the beginning of my work on organic molecules"
Roald Hoffmann, Scientist
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Small: Ive never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie
Izabella Scorupco
"I've never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie"
Izabella Scorupco, Actress
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Small: I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it
"I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it"
Arthur Hertzberg, Theologian
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Small: How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, thro
"How many women have the courage to start properly with a cold, cold bath early in the morning? I jump in, throw the water, cold as ice, and after the first plunge I am happy"
Anna Held, Entertainer
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Small: You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or priso
"You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison"
Bronislaw Malinowski, Scientist
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Small: Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for
"Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for"
Stanislaus I, Royalty
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Small: God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system wont
"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't"
Alfred Korzybski, Scientist
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Small: Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit
"Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit"
Helena Rubinstein, Businessman
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Small: We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless
"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless"
Lech Walesa, Activist
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Small: All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the a
"All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death"
Jacques Lipchitz, Sculptor
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Small: Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality
"Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood
"The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Only in mens imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not inventi
"Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of ou
"In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: I dont like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself,
"I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Dont you forget whats divine in the Russian soul and thats resignation
"Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway
"A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness
"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog
"It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a m
"I had ambition not only to go farther than any man had ever been before, but as far as it was possible for a man to go"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters
"Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: As to honor - you know - its a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasnt theirs
"As to honor - you know - it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the l
"Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength; and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it but man will never on his heap of
"This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a
"An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: A mans most open actions have a secret side to them
"A man's most open actions have a secret side to them"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind
"All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends
"You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this ear
"It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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Small: It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull
"It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
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