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Small: Dont trust the heart, it wants your blood
"Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Value your words. Each one may be the last
"Value your words. Each one may be the last"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it
"The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing
"Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Never lie when the truth is more profitable
"Never lie when the truth is more profitable"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured
"Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they dont bite everybody
"Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books
"The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
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Small: Oh, that character was light years away from me. Im not debonair. Im not suave. I did wear tight pants, though
"Oh, that character was light years away from me. I'm not debonair. I'm not suave. I did wear tight pants, though, because I found out that it worked"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. Hes 27, I was 29
"You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: Will Smith is young, hes cool and my kids have his CDs
"Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack
"This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they near
"There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify tha
"Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by t
"But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives
"The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsen
"Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them is dismantling about 2,000 nuclear warheads a year"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very
"When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of simi
"The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is allowed in a film would not work on the stage"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made
"Previously the same Polish audiences would have been pressured into seeing cinema made for adults, films made by us about those spheres of life that were significant for us and which should be significant for our society"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for
"The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well
"It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literatur
"In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
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Small: Well, Barry, its your film. So if it rises or falls, youre the man
"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: Im satisfied its very black, meaning in the black
"I'm satisfied it's very black, meaning 'in the black'"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: You name it, we had it. It wont happen again. Youre not going to duplicate this show
"You name it, we had it. It won't happen again. You're not going to duplicate this show"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: Theres a gray area there that Im satisfied is not gray
"There's a gray area there that I'm satisfied is not gray"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: It was just so elaborate and so luxurious. We had every gadget imaginable. You know, I had the little gun that
"It was just so elaborate and so luxurious. We had every gadget imaginable. You know, I had the little gun that came out, and I had the little gun in the heel of the shoe"
Robert Conrad, Director
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Small: To sum up, there is no evidence that a world without nuclear weapons would be a dangerous world. On the contra
"To sum up, there is no evidence that a world without nuclear weapons would be a dangerous world. On the contrary, it would be a safer world, as I will show later"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world
"My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called
"Indeed, the very first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations - adopted unanimously - called for the elimination of nuclear weapons"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how c
"If the militarily most powerful - and least threatened - states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that are truly insecure? The present nuclear policy is a recipe for proliferation. It is a policy for disaster"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humani
"I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons
"But the nuclear powers still cling tenaciously to their weapons"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Mathematics is as old as Man
"Mathematics is as old as Man"
Stefan Banach, Mathematician
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Small: The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of comm
"The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war a war which, unlike previous ones, destro
"This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction w
"Indeed, the whole human species is endangered, by nuclear weapons or by other means of wholesale destruction which further advances in science are likely to produce"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is esse
"We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national security. But this argument can be made by other countries as well"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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Small: The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a volun
"The time has come to formulate guidelines for the ethical conduct of scientist, perhaps in the form of a voluntary Hippocratic Oath"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
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