Etgar Keret Quotes
Most of them were murderers. But when I went there to talk, they were the nicest people. I did a reading. I said, "Thank you," and then they said to me, "Could you talk some more?" And I said, "Why?" and they answered, "Most of us are in solitary confinement, so the moment you finish talking, they take us back to our cells. We like hanging out here together."
Etgar Keret
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Larry Ellison
I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
Sam Kinison
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Claire Foy
We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening. We have to talk to them, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way. Somebody will say, 'Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people. We have a lot of foolish people.
Donald Trump
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Carolina Herrera
We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
Joan Blades
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Dave Winer
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Victoria Pendleton
A true intellectual is a man who, after reading a book and being convinced by its arguments, will shoot someone or, more likely, order someone shot.
John McCarthy
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Tyler Cowen
Prostitution and robbery are two living protests, respectively female and male, made by the natural state against the social state.
Honore de Balzac
Most of them were murderers. But when I went there to talk, they were the nicest people. I did a reading. I said, "Thank you," and then they said to me, "Could you talk some more?" And I said, "Why?" and they answered, "Most of us are in solitary confinement, so the moment you finish talking, they take us back to our cells. We like hanging out here together."
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