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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It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.
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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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China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.
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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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I did every sport under the sun while growing up.
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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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Not everyone reads comics, although most people know the major superheroes, but the majority of people play video games.
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Le Petit is where I cut my teeth with some of my early roles. In 1982, I was in the chorus of 'Gypsy' and soon after I had my first lead as Jamie Lockhart in 'The Robber Bridegroom.'
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My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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Playing characters who are wonderful and beautiful is hard because you don't feel like that most of the time... well, I don't. It's like this whole heart-throb nonsense. It's flattering, but that's not how I feel in the morning. It's something that goes with the job.
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Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.
