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Quotes by Croatian Authors

"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
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St. Jerome
"The friendship that can cease has never been real."
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"True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks."
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St. Jerome
"True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks."
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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."
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Stjepan Mesic
"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."
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best."
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St. Jerome
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best."
"I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller."
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Goran Visnjic
"I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller."
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"Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law."
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St. Jerome
"Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law."
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"Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence."
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Goran Ivanisevic
"Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence."
"The scars of others should teach us caution."
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St. Jerome
"The scars of others should teach us caution."
"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."
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Stjepan Mesic
"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."
"He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too."
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Stjepan Mesic
"He was driven by the idea that when Milosevic grabs a part of Bosnia, Croatia should get a piece of it, too."
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."
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St. Jerome
"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart."
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"Virginity can be lost by a thought."
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St. Jerome
"Virginity can be lost by a thought."
"Action without a name, a "who" attached to it, is meaningless."
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St. Jerome
"Action without a name, a "who" attached to it, is meaningless."
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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."
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Goran Ivanisevic
"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."
"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."
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St. Jerome
"Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price."
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"Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most."
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St. Jerome
"Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most."
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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."
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Goran Ivanisevic
"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."
"The army did what Milosevic's regime asked of it, which was to create a 'Greater Serbia'."
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Stjepan Mesic
"The army did what Milosevic's regime asked of it, which was to create a 'Greater Serbia'."
"Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied."
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St. Jerome
"Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied."
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"I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon."
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Goran Ivanisevic
"I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon."
"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."
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Franjo Tudjman
"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."
"Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks."
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Stjepan Mesic
"Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks."
"They talk like angels but they live like men."
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St. Jerome
"They talk like angels but they live like men."
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"Haste is of the Devil."
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St. Jerome
"Haste is of the Devil."
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"Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life."
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St. Jerome
"Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life."
"Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers."
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Goran Visnjic
"Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers."
"Why do you not practice what you preach."
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St. Jerome
"Why do you not practice what you preach."
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"Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield."
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St. Jerome
"Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield."
"A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts."
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St. Jerome
"A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts."
"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."
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Goran Ivanisevic
"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."
"Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you."
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St. Jerome
"Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you."
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"Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night."
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St. Jerome
"Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night."
"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."
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St. Jerome
"Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed."
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"A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept."
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St. Jerome
"A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept."
"I don't understand the word hunk."
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Goran Visnjic
"I don't understand the word hunk."
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"Ideas tell a lot about a person who generated them."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Ideas tell a lot about a person who generated them."
"In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature."
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Eraldo Banovac
"In the frame of a known phenomenon of life, a human could be defined as the only proven thinking creature."
"There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience and patience."
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Eraldo Banovac
"There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience and patience."
"You asked about important factors in management. I think the answer is quite simple " the most important factor is motivation."
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Eraldo Banovac
"You asked about important factors in management. I think the answer is quite simple " the most important factor is motivation."
"True friendship doesn't include jealousy."
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Eraldo Banovac
"True friendship doesn't include jealousy."
"Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage."
"Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom."
"Being naturally happy is the most impressive sign of freedom."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Being naturally happy is the most impressive sign of freedom."
"Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Motivating employees to work at their full potential is the main premise of successful management."
"In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people."
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Eraldo Banovac
"In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people."
"Success is mainly the result of hard work."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Success is mainly the result of hard work."
"The people who overcome their fears are the ones who can achieve their dreams."
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Eraldo Banovac
"The people who overcome their fears are the ones who can achieve their dreams."
"Telling the truth is less demanding than telling a lie."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Telling the truth is less demanding than telling a lie."
"Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science."
"Continuous denial of rational arguments represents a contempt of common sense."
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Eraldo Banovac
"Continuous denial of rational arguments represents a contempt of common sense."
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