Etgar Keret Quotes
I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It's like seeing a movie a second time.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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I don't know what's on the other side.
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The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.
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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 don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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The first songs I learned was 'Crazy' by Patsy Cline and 'At Last' by Etta James. I had been growing up with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, great bands.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Forever. And we're at the start of it? That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable! Unbelievable.
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Because society would rather we always wore a pretty face, women have been trained to cut off anger.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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I don't have the time to design my own costumes, but I do give suggestions and style tips.
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Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don't like something, they let you know - with silence.
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There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.
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I feel like I'm capable of doing so many things to help people around the country and the world.
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I never know the endings when I write. It's a turnoff when you know the ending. You lose much of your incentive to write when you already know. It's like seeing a movie a second time.
