Jacques Ellul Quotes
Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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My parents immigrated from Italy and spent 40 days and 40 stinking nights on a boat so we didn't have to eat things like gizzards.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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I write songs as honestly as I can without worrying about genres or labels. Sometimes I sing, and sometimes I rap, and sometimes I do something in between. I jump around on stage and don't care too much about how I look. I try to be myself even though I'm still figuring myself out.
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I do not want to answer provocative question.
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I wish that every Latter-day Saint could say and mean it with all his heart: 'I'll go where you want me to go. I'll say what you want me to say. I'll be what you want me to be'. If we could do that, we would be assured of the maximum happiness here and exaltation in the celestial kingdom of God hereafter.
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The heart wants who the heart wants. We can't help that.
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You may come and go, but the real test is to see how long one can manage to stay in the game.
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I try not to pay much attention to what people say-I just try to concentrate on the game.
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Thinking has become a superfluous exercise... purely internal, without compelling force, more or less a game.
