Etgar Keret Quotes
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.Etgar Keret
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The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years.
B. F. Skinner -
That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
Bainbridge Colby -
Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
Vernon Howard -
It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.
Jack Lynch -
I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character.
Karl Urban
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I think people get a sense of possibility when they're on a plane, even romantic possibility, wondering if the perfect person is going to sit down next to them or something.
Walter Kirn -
My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
Rachel Stevens -
The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
Os Guinness -
When I go out, I love steak and caviar.
Cameron Diaz -
Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.
Rae Dawn Chong -
I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.
Adam Carolla
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I moved back to Tennessee in '86 or '87. That's when I worked with the Carter Family because I really wanted to understand my roots.
Carlene Carter -
I continue with the illusion of serving Colombia. Only God knows if it were to be from the presidency.
Ingrid Betancourt -
So many people go through life, and they never deal with their own issues, no matter what the issues are - ours happen to be gender identity. But, how many people go through life and just waste an entire life 'cause they'd never deal with themselves to be who they are.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.
Youssou N'Dour -
Je reculeÉbloui de me voir moi même tout vermeilEt d’avoir, moi, le coq, fait élever le soleil.
Edmond Rostand -
The absence of words is the absence of intimacy. There are experiences that are starved for language.
Andrew Solomon
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You don't let it be a distraction. That is not what you do. There are going to be things that happen and you don't focus on those things. You focus on getting the football team ready to play and you handle the other things up front the way we do it.
Andy Reid -
Having a multi-cultural background has granted me access into different ideologies, cultures, and ways of living. It has shaped who I am and how I participate in the world.
Paloma Elsesser -
The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
Jackie Robinson -
The reason I got into this union was to bring people together.
Ken Howard -
I write in a slangy colloquial speech that has not been common in the Israeli tradition of writing, and that is one of the things that gets lost a little in translation.
Etgar Keret