Etgar Keret Quotes
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I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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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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Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
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Our responsibility as artists is to challenge ourselves.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically.
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The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.
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When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read it to us. I love that book.
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The government has completed the entire process to do away with interviews for lower rank jobs. There will be no requirement of interview for Group D,C and B non-gazetted posts in central government.
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The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord.
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How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even their lies are believed.
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One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas.
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I think one of the core ideas in America has always been conversation and being able to question our systems of government, and being able to dictate our own communities and how we want this country to work. And I feel like we're losing part of that because of the way that even our current political campaign is centered more around celebrity than anything else, and so we're kind of losing conversation. We're still having conversations, but they seem to be more about like Donald Trump's hair and like memes of his face more than anything else.
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Pictures were completely eliminated from mathematics; in particular when I was young this happened in a very strong fashion.
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The foolishness of chasing the moon ached my heart. I was stuck between the moon and the shore and surrounded by an empty sea.
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Holiness is irresistible. If even 10% of the world's population had it the whole world would be converted and happy before the year's end.
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It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that.
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In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!
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I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.
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I think tone gives birth to the story.
