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When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn't work, but I've never pretended it didn't happen to me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#communism #communist #doctrine #had #happen

The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#confirmed #history #liberate #only #oppressed

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#find #grow #i #more #myself

We are opposed to the line of compromise with imperialism. At the same time, we cannot tolerate the practice of only shouting against imperialism, but, in actual fact, being afraid to fight it. ↗

— Kim Il-sung

#afraid #against #being #being afraid #cannot

I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me. ↗

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

#dad #fine #get #grandchildren #i

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me. ↗

— Aaron Taylor-Johnson

#always #back-up #ever #had #i

I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it. ↗

— Ice T

#anybody #art #art form #back #because

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. ↗

— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

#i #paint #things

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes. ↗

— William Makepeace Thackeray

#bestowed #better #blesses #days #gives

Without growth we can't pay down our debt, and without growth there's no money for welfare. ↗

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

#down #growth #money #our #pay