Etgar Keret Quotes
Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of the army, I was in fights. There was something about writing that was a way of experimenting with this emotion.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START.
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I started reading G. K. Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday' on a subway ride, almost missed my stop, and walked home thumbing pages.
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The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.
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I love 70's music.
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A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.
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I talk too much.
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It's also somewhat in the center of a number of things that will be useful to the company.
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Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
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If it's going to go my way, it's going to go my way. I have to keep working hard.
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I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.
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Deception is everywhere.
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When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up.
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Violence in our society has reached epidemic proportions. ... Violence in the media for entertainment purposes has been established as a major contributing factor.
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Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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If I get hit by a bus tomorrow, my patients will not even be postponed. Another surgeon would step in and take over. The reason to do research and writing is that it at least makes me feel not entirely replaceable. If I didn't write, I don't know if I would do surgery.
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Generally, all my life, I have had strong friction with life - I was a problematic soldier, I was kicked out of the army, I was in fights. There was something about writing that was a way of experimenting with this emotion.
