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Lives Quotes by Milan Kundera
- We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in…
- But deep down she said to herself, Franz maybe strong, but his strength is directed outward; when it comes to the people he lives with,…
- The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes…
- There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments…
- A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.
- Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.
- This symmetrical composition--the same motif at the beginning and at the end--may seem quite "novelistic" to you, and I am willing to agree, but only…
- When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has…
- While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together…
- Fidelity gives a unity to lives that would otherwise splinter into thousands of split-second impressions.
- If I had two lives, in one life I could invite her to stay at my place, and in the second life I could kick…
More Lives Quotes
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on… — Jensen Ackles
- Just as cherry, plum, peach and damson blossoms all possess their own unique qualities, each person is unique. We cannot become someone… — Daisaku Ikeda
- Do you think the people who were trying to reach to the Everest were not full of doubts? For a hundred years,… — Rajneesh
- Shall I compare thee to a summer day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate... When in eternal lines to time thou… — William Shakespeare
- These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories, all with… — Stephen Crane
- [Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values… — Ronald Reagan