Etgar Keret Quotes
I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.
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Leaders who master emotions can rob us of our capacities to reason. If their values are out of step with our own, the results can be devastating.
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Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.
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An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
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I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
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What kind of society have we become when children in a great city cannot rely on mothers or fathers for a bowl of cereal in the morning and a brown bag with a sandwich and apple in it for lunch?
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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I could've always worked shows, clubs, Las Vegas and Atlantic City, but I was successful in business ventures, and things weren't happening in show business, so I said, 'Let me see what I can do.'
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If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.
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I keep everything that's private private.
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I love Chicago. I wouldn't be where I am now, and I certainly wouldn't have the confidence that I hope that I project, if I'd not lived in Chicago.
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Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.
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All I really had was my talent. Without that I wouldn't be welcome at the White House.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves.
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Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
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Nothing matters at all. Survival is the coin of the realm. Time is a river with banks.
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Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre, Au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois.
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I think that before my son was born, I didn't have a strong sensation for future. I was living in this kind of never-ending present.
