Etgar Keret Quotes
When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.
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I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.
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I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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Religion is the opium of the masses.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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Hand washing is the first basic step towards achieving any millennium goals for development. It saves lives.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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I can't change the past, and I don't think I would. I don't expect to be understood. I like what I've written, the stories and two novels. If I had to give up what I've written in order to be clear of this disease, I wouldn't do it.
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If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, whether it be a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, the first 72 hours are going to be totally chaotic no matter what you plan to do.
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her.
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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
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My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.
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If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.
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I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.
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You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.
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Other things may change us, but we start and end with family.
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Over lowland, over snow and tundra span arches, raised by the rising sun. See: the light is winning! And the stream is streaming towards open minds and towards seeds dreaming of growth.
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When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.
