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“It’s essential that we govern on the basis of science and not science fiction.”

“Each obstacle, everything that goes wrong is just an opportunity to practice a virtue—to give you a chance to work with your non-dominant hand.”

“When you're stretching yourself, as a role like "Blue Jasmine" did for me, you risk falling flat on your face.”

“天变不足畏，祖宗不足法，人言不足恤。”

“Člověk slevuje ustavičně a v tom je vlastně celá životní filosofie: slevovati z ideálů svých.”

“In both angelism and devilry, it is a question of intensity – and this is what our literature lacks.”

“If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me I know that is poetry.”

“Życie — to wielki hymn stworzenia dla Stwórcy.”

“The former was superstition; the latter is undisguised egoism.”

“The root of poetry is in its emotions, its branches in its wording, its flowers in its rhyme and voice, and lastly its final culmination in the fruits of its meaning.”

“How can I submit tamely to disgrace seeing that the Persians are my maternal uncles and the Rum my parental uncles?”

“What reasons have you to envy anything?”

“I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play.”

“Ich habe das seit jeher für einen sehr schwierigen Beruf gehalten.”

“Be not afraid!”

“So, one year ago, we faced weakening employment and output forecasts as well as a small, but temporary, step-up in above-target inflation.”

“If you take away one thing from this talk, I hope it is that I am firmly committed to restoring price stability.”

“Bringing inflation back to target, first and most importantly, is critical to achieving the dual mandate that Congress assigned to the Fed.”

“The Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, provides the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system.”

“However, I would not put too much weight on a single data point, especially in what remains a highly uncertain environment.”