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"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."
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"Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig."
Hope
"People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man."
People
"The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself."
Character
"First of all, to defend my work, I had to believe that I am doing a totally silly, stupid, innocent comedy."
Work
"First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association, was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined."
Politics
"Memories are doing funny things to us."
Fun
"When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York."
Time
"Because if you lived, as I did, several years under Nazi totalitarianism, and then 20 years in communist totalitarianism, you would certainly realize how precious freedom is, and how easy it is to lose your freedom."
Freedom
"Humor was not important only for me, humor was important for this nation for centuries, to survive, you know."
Humor
"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."
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"When it comes to my own turn to lay my weapons down, I shall do so with thankfulness and fatigue, and whatever be my destiny afterward, I shall be glad to lie down with my fathers in honor. It is human at least, if not divine."
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"A lie never lives to be old."
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"There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it."
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"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."
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"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."
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"Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all."
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"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."
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"A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings."
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"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
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"A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions."
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