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14 Quotes by Croatian authors

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Croatian quotes blend salt-sprayed realism with a lyric pulse. Shaped by the bura and stone, they prize responsibility, neighborly warmth, and a wry eye for human folly. Melancholy čežnja and island fjaka sit beside brisk, work-worn pragmatism; faith and skepticism share a table. The voice can be tender, then suddenly sharp, dišpet flickering under courtesy. Love of zavičaj is constant, yet never sentimental. Expect aphorisms that travel light, savor silence, and leave an aftertaste of olive, smoke, and sea.

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"Thank God my wife is neither a Serb nor a Jew"
Franjo Tudjman, Statesman
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"He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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"The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated"
Franjo Tudjman, Statesman
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"We are three countries that emerged from the former Yugoslavia - countries that are now in transition and must cooperate with each other, because our economies depend on each other"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"The global response to global terrorism must not endanger fundamental human rights and freedoms"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"The army did what Milosevic's regime asked of it, which was to create a 'Greater Serbia'"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"I think we can find a formula that would be to everyone's satisfaction, which would make it possible for Croatia to take some more steps and for Europe to accept us into its midst, and for the talks to start"
Stjepan Mesic, Statesman
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"It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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"I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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"Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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"As soon as I step on the court, I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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"It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit"
Goran Ivanisevic, Athlete
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