Quote by Vaclav Havel
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most decept

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. – Vaclav Havel

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The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. – Vaclav Havel

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power
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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. – Vaclav Havel

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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life but that it bothers him less and less. – Vaclav Havel

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If you are lonely when youre alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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alone

If youre truly in a band and you guys have been together for a long time, theres a family bond that you have. In fact, Ive talked about this with therapists, especially if youre talking about a relationship, because when youre with somebody, youre going to your family, and shes alone. – Gary Allan

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Dont ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time. – Denis Waitley

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Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone. – Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. – Charles Simic

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I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky. – Callimachus

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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison

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