Etgar Keret Quotes
Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.
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Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.
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All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
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Being a reporter seems a ticket out to the world.
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People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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It was the roughest day of my career, my final day of shooting on 'Breaking Bad,' knowing that I will never be able to kind of zip on that skin again.
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The anti-New Deal line is wrong as a matter of economics. F.D.R.'s spending programs did help the economy and created millions of new jobs.
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Tranquilizer in tha trunk put yo ass to sleep man, Birdman Junior got the world in my wingspan.
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They greatly respected scholarship in itself, but they also impressed upon us that there were great opportunities available for those who were well educated. I received my primary and secondary education in Chicago.
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I don't think you can come into your wisdom until you have made mistakes on your own skin and felt them in reality of your own life.
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Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.
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Whenever I see a mirror, I just look at myself, or when I see my own reflection, I quickly take a look; I won't lie about that. But when I am in front of the camera, it's just the character, not me.
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Learning to speak was the most remarkable thing you ever did.
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The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.
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Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.
