Czechoslovakia Quotes

The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out.

Power Out Munich Czechoslovakia Pact Signed

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

Madeleine Albright

Democracy Children Parents Free Central Czechoslovakia Europe Generation Thought Only Were Who

If I hadn't left Czechoslovakia, I would have been dead.

Dead Left Been Would Czechoslovakia

I just happen to know quite a lot of what happened in Czechoslovakia between 1968 and the fall of Communism.

Communism Know Fall Just Czechoslovakia Happen Happened Quite Quite A Lot Between Lot

I am just sorry my own mother had to live under that regime for most of her life. I was lucky. I got out and, 14 years later, Czechoslovakia became a free country. So I feel anger, even fury, at this bloody system that ruined so many people's lives for no reason whatsoever.

Martina Navratilova

There was a joke in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party dance, it's one step forward, two steps backward, and everyone is still clapping.

Martina Navratilova

Step Dance Forward Everyone Backward Communist Communist Party Czechoslovakia Joke Party Step Forward Steps Still Two

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

You Know Just Out Czechoslovakia England France Happened Sold

Definitely, it would be foolish to try and make my Czech films here in America, as foolish as it is when some Czech filmmakers try to make movies of America in Czechoslovakia.

America Movies Try Foolish Czech Czechoslovakia Definitely Filmmakers Films Here Make Some Would Would-Be

In Czechoslovakia, we consider Kafka a very funny man. A humorist.

Funny Man Very Consider Czechoslovakia Humorist Kafka

I escaped from my home country, Bulgaria, to Czechoslovakia and then to the West.

Home Country Then West Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Escaped

I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.

World Woman Challenge Now Champions Czechoslovakia England Everywhere France Specialist Around Going

My mum was born in the former Czechoslovakia, and even though my grandparents weren't wealthy, they were aristocrats in their time.

Time Born Former Grandparents Aristocrat Czechoslovakia Mum Wealthy Even Though Were

If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. But if you grew up in Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union is controlling everything and killing people, then you think capitalism is liberating. Neither of those two things are true and it doesn't take a lot brains to understand this.

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.

Time Understanding Principles Market By The Time Czechoslovakia Returned Had

In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.

War World Past Country Appealed Communist Czechoslovakia Ideals Rooted World War Deeply Democratic Were

Bob Gates is really emblematic of the modern CIA. He joins it in 1968, just a day before the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. And, of course, he rises very quickly. In less than six years, he's on the National Security Council staff, at the closing weeks of Richard Nixon's presidency and then on into Gerald Ford.

But bread is different. I come from Czechoslovakia, where we eat lots of it, so it's hard to say no. I can't even have one piece, because when I start, I don't stop.

Daniela Pestova

Stop Start Bread Hard Czechoslovakia Because Come Different Eat Even Lots Piece Say Where

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