Etgar Keret Quotes
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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The scene of independent cinema is already a large scene in America, and not in a negative way, but it's cluttered. It's very populated with just American films, so the room left for foreign movies is not extremely vast. The American public also does not really read. They don't read subtitles. But we're like that in Canada, too.
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I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.
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'Pastoralia' by George Saunders is one of my favorite novels.
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I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.
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White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.
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Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised?
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The images play out for us events which are not present in our senses, and... create the future-a future that... may never come to exist in that form.
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Seems like even her old girlfriendsMight be talking her down.She's got her name on the grapevineRunning up and downThe telephone lineTalking 'boutSomeone said, someone saidSomething 'bout, something elseSomeone might have said about herShe always figured that they were her friendsBut maybe they can live without her.
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You touch her skin And then you think That she is beautiful But she don't mean a thing to me
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I was supposed to be the antithesis of Frank.
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Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.
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The government generally is just too top-heavy.
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If I give you the right conditions to work, and I put you in a beautiful place, where you feel a little bit better about yourself because you know your work is being used for something greater than producing a profit, maybe you will get more creative; maybe you will want to work more.
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Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.
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Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.
