Etgar Keret Quotes
In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.
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In 2005, I had one more year of college left, and I was taking a summer class in Barbados. I got discovered in the airport on my way back and started modeling at the beginning of my senior year at Bucknell.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.
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We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all.
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You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
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Be an individual. I mean, obviously it's hard for a brand, for a corporation, to have a huge following.
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If there was a turning point for me, it was 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri.' It is a very fine short novel. But it gave me very little satisfaction. Really. I decided I wasn't going to go down that avenue.
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I just don't care that much about the band name. I'm not so precious about it. The Harpoons were different people, but The Boy-Friends were and are the same people as The Visions. I changed it to The Visions when we made 'Transangelic Exodus' because I guess we didn't feel so friendly and boyish anymore.
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I am a Southern girl at heart, so I have a pulled pork sandwich and Key lime pie every day. It's a problem.
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Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.
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Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely.
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In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.
