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Quotes from Spaceman of Bohemia — Jaroslav Kalfař

Czech Republic

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17 quotes

The universe assigned the tasks of speaking and kissing to the lips because there is never a need to do both at the same time.

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Death would be so much easier to dance with if it weren’t surrounded by the clutter of civilization.

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For what it’s worth, the sociocultural rituals of your society seem to be in conflict with biological reality.

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His conviction is a compulsion not subject to self-preservation.

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The organization of religion is self-defeating, a trap for sin.

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Miracles were nonsense, mere coping mechanisms.

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I have visited a few astronauts, but all three either ignored me or prayed. The senseless chanting, I confess, repulsed me.

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The body must not be violated. This is the greatest truth of the universe.

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“Do you feel free?”
“I feel like I’ve lost too much.”
“Freedom can feel that way.”

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In one book, your father is a hero. In another book, he is a monster. The men who don’t have books written about them have it easier.

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His presence was soothing, but his existence incomprehensible.

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Thus we never see the true State of our Condition, till it is illustrated to us by its Contraries; nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.

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I couldn’t exist here. In the world that had come into being due to my absence.

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I wanted the basic needs of human existence—satiation of hunger, good health, love—to take on the shapes of small fruits we could plant and harvest. But who would be the plantation owners, and who the harvesters?

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The greatness of a nation is in its symbols, its gestures, in doing things that are unprecedented. It’s why the Americans are falling behind—they built a nation on the idea of doing new things, and now they’d rather sit and pray that the world won’t make them adapt too much.

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Being of use to the world doesn’t always mean having your name in the papers...My plea to you is, think beyond celebrity. Do you think Tesla cared if he had his picture taken? Think of whether you’re any good to anyone, truly.

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To fear a truth! Blasphemy!

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jaroslav Kalfař (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.