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"You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state."
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Luboš Motl
Education
b. 1973
"In 1980 I was a red kid and no one could have said anything bad about the Soviet Union. At least this is how my grandfather used to remember me. Around 1981, I became a pro-capitalist person and it stuck."
18 quotes
Petra Němcová
b. 1979
"I became quite green - I have a very strong connection to nature. I read that if we fish the way we fish, in 2048 there will be no more fish left, which is pretty soon. So it's a statement."
1 quotes
Emil Zátopek
Sports
1922–2000
"Are you running out of breath? Go faster!"
5 quotes
Daniel Vávra
Entertainment
b. 1975
5 quotes
Věra Jourová
Politics
b. 1964
1 quotes
Miloš Forman
Entertainment
1932–2018
"Bibliography of books and articles about Forman via UC Berkeley Media Resources Center"
7 quotes
Max Brod
Literature
expressionism
1884–1968
2 quotes
Alois Hába
Music
1893–1973
1 quotes
Václav Klaus
Politics
b. 1941
"You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state."
4 quotes
Hana Maria Pravda
Entertainment
1916–2008
"We had so little to eat, we were freezing all the time, but the sheer joy of being able to act fed our souls."
2 quotes
Herbert Lom
Entertainment
1917–2012
"I made those films for 20 years, and after 10 years they ran out of good scripts."
2 quotes
Ester Ledecká
Sports
b. 1995
"Well, it’s down a hill, both of them, right? That’s the basics."
1 quotes
Emanuel Moravec
Military
1893–1945
1 quotes
Jan Patočka
Philosophy
phenomenology
1907–1977
1 quotes
Notable Quotes
"We had so little to eat, we were freezing all the time, but the sheer joy of being able to act fed our souls."
— Hana Maria Pravda, b. 1916View →
"Environmentalism is a dangerous ideology endangering human freedom."
— Václav Klaus, b. 1941View →
"Well, it’s down a hill, both of them, right? That’s the basics."
— Ester Ledecká, b. 1995View →
"I made those films for 20 years, and after 10 years they ran out of good scripts."
— Herbert Lom, b. 1917View →
"I wouldn’t call other games or studios our rivals. We will see what happens as we monitor the market, and we’ll salute everyone’s fame and success. In fact it’s more a motivation to also create a great game that maybe even surpasses them."
— Daniel Vávra, b. 1975View →