Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.

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If God be an infinite being, there cannot be, either in the present or future world, any relative proportion between man and his God. Thus, the idea of God can never enter the human mind.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
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There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'
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I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
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I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
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I'm used to packing up and leaving, to condensing myself into a digestible version because people don't have much time to get to know me.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.
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To me, it was a sad fate to have been born into a period and a world where everything was in tip-top order, and the only real excitement was to be found in history books and occasionally also in the paper.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.
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I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.
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To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.
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A film has its own life and takes its own time.
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God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.
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If you are a researcher and want to publish a paper, if you are applying for money either from a private or public foundation, you have to have a DSM code.
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To those who oppose war, I ask: If not now, when? How many more corpses are necessary before this country should take action?
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When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.
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I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.