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This homage has been rendered not to me - for the Polish soil is fertile and does not lack better writers than me - but to the Polish achievement, the Polish genius.


Henryk Sienkiewicz

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ALLEN WEINER Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.
NICHOLAS BOILEAU I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I...
ED KOCH I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I...
EDWARD KOCH Such prisons do not exist on Polish territory ... and there have not been any,
ALEKSANDER KWASNIEWSKI My mother taught me that it is important to be prepared for a last-minute polish.
AERIN LAUDER Elbow grease is the best polish
ENGLISH PROVERB God’s revelation does not need the light of human genius, the polish and strength of human culture...
E.M. BOUNDS Polish fans are very aggressive. We wish the Polish authorities had the same banning order powers as...
KAI NOLLE I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
POPE JOHN PAUL II Yesterday Allison bought me nail polish in the annoying shade of mauve. How can anyone look at me an...
KATIE MCGARRY There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experie...
RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI You can't polish a turd
PROVERB For a longer nail look, I get a gel manicure. They grow with the gel polish, and then I keep going u...
EDY GANEM Polish the young woman’s ego like wax on a wood floor, Shinola on shoes, spit on an apple.
DENNIS VICKERS In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political...
ANDRZEJ WAJDA Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
ANNE BRADSTREET Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish
ANNE BRADSTREET Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
ANNE BRADSTREET There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.
DONALD TUSK Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish.
ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET POLISH your MIND to reflect the shimmering BEAUTY of your WORDS and ACTIONS.
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON Right now the Polish healthcare system is unstable. It's a real distress for doctors and patients.
KRZYSZTOF BISKUPIAK The Marty report has more holes than a Swiss cheese. It is sad that Mr Marty refuses to accept the c...
DENIS MACSHANE I'll need my whole lifetime to polish my craft.
EVA GREEN The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
MORIHEI UESHIBA It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE It's a white crested, black Polish rooster.
SARAH MILLER You cannot polish a jem without friction
HELENA JEAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We don't have any answer from the Polish Republic yet.
NIKOLA DONIG People are alert. I hope the Polish president will not seek to challenge some of the basic principle...
CHRIS DAVIES We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
JOHN DRYDEN The neighborhood children told me that their Polish Catholic priest said that they could no longer p...
LOUISE HALL Actually, I wear the nail polish to hide how grubby my nails are.
CAROLINE CORR There are countless artists whose shoes I am not worthy to polish - whose prints would not pay the p...
MAXFIELD PARRISH A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it gains a certain polish.
OLIVER HERFORD I typically don't wear nail polish, as I like a natural look.
BEHATI PRINSLOO Pulaski symbolizes the best tradition of the Polish-U.S. relations, and we have to keep that alive.
JANUSZ REITER To have properly studied the liberal sciences gives a polish to our manners, and removes all awkwar...
UNKNOWN That's how it's recorded, but that's not what I was told. We were told it was suspected that it came...
PEGGY BURYJ I used to come down and polish John Wayne because I was proud he was here and proud to be here. Not ...
DAVE ROY Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
NATHANIEL P. WILLIS Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart rendered to God for his goodness.
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS It was the shaving that bothered me the most. I'm not a great fan of shaving and I had to be really ...
JUDE LAW Nude nail polish wins hands down over intricate nail art.
ASHLEY MADEKWE Polish the mirror of your heart
until it reflects every person's light.
KAMAND KOJOURI Changing the name of Auschwitz is nonsense, just like saying Auschwitz is a Polish concentration cam...
MAREK EDELMAN When I was six and already able to read and write Polish, my uncle the curate taught me Latin. Since...
WLADYSLAW REYMONT When I had got my notes all written out I thought I'd polish it off in two summers, but it took me t...
ARNOLD TOYNBEE I promise every time I walk down this street I will polish that little star,
ALICE COOPER Let's spend the next four years working to polish the jewel that is Portsmouth. Let's go make great ...
DOUG SMITH The Taliban outlawed wearing polish in the late 1990s, punishing some offenders by amputating a fing...
VIRGINIA POSTREL At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, ...
WALT WHITMAN We do it with the right flavor. It's traditional Polish melodies that I put the church words to.
DENNIS MOTYKA Mum used to hide love letters from my boyfriends and put me down. Now I understand that she was a Po...
RUBY WAX The citric acid in lemon juice makes it perfect for bleaching, disinfecting and cutting through grea...
SHEHERAZADE GOLDSMITH I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the c...
NEAL SHUSTERMAN O Lord to You we give thanks that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.
SAIOM SHRIVER We won't have as much polish on the buildings and grounds as we'd like, but all our learning institu...
WILLIAM LEWIS Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out.
BILL MURRAY If the wind stops, row!
POLISH PROVERB Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone.
POLISH PROVERB If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.
POLISH PROVERB A poor dancer will be disturbed even by the hem of her skirt.
POLISH PROVERB Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist,...
POLISH PROVERB Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.
POLISH PROVERB Conscience is the voice of the soul.
POLISH PROVERB He is rich enough that wants nothing.
POLISH PROVERB God pays, but not weekly wages.
POLISH PROVERB Fortune's wheel is ever turning.
POLISH PROVERB Fortune is a giver and a taker.
POLISH PROVERB Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.
POLISH PROVERB A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.
POLISH PROVERB A fault confessed is half redressed.
POLISH PROVERB You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
POLISH PROVERB The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.
POLISH PROVERB Black as the Devil, sweet as a stolen kiss
POLISH PROVERB To believe with certainty, we must begin by doubting
POLISH PROVERB God grant me a good sword and no use for it
POLISH PROVERB When I had money, everyone called me brother
POLISH PROVERB Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true
POLISH PROVERB The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's
POLISH PROVERB Wherever you go, you can't get rid of yourself
POLISH PROVERB In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because p...
ANDRZEJ WAJDA I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breake...
SOFIA VERGARA I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I unders...
KRISTIN CASHORE I'll admit it, the grunge trend doesn't really speak to me. I get why other people like it, ...
NINA GARCIA Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don&#...
JOHN LASSETER My parents didn't really understand too much about sport. At that time, we were in a Polish comm...
MIKE KRZYZEWSKI I'll do manicures, but I won't wear nail polish because I don't have time to change it, ...
IVANKA TRUMP Popatrz jeno. Kościół, karczma, bordel, a w środku między nimi kupa gówna. Oto parabola ludzki...
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DMITRY GLUKHOVSKY I am obsessed with the process of creation.
ZDZISłAW BEKSIńSKI The younger man is attracted to an older woman most likely because of her poise, her social graces, ...
JOYCE BROTHERS My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 2...
DONALD TUSK Most Polish fans behave very well when the national team is playing but there are also Polish hoolig...
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