Etgar Keret Quotes
I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.
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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.
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My style is schizophrenic! One minute I'll be wearing bright girly dresses, and the next I'll be swinging towards more structured masculine things.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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I have an obligation to use what I know to try to bring real, usable medical science to every doctor and bedside and patient.
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I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling.
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I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.
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How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?
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I hope everyone goes through life seeking knowledge.
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If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.
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I realize that lawyers are brought up (probably from small children) to think that 'technically true' is what matters, but when you make public PR statements, they should be more than 'technically' true. They should be honest. There's a big f*cking difference.
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I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.
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I am repelled by those who voice the word 'nature', without having any trace of it in their hearts.
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If people are asking me for clubbing tips, then they're in real trouble. My clubbing tip is never go to a club, because they're horrible and I hate them. I'm more of a dinner party guy.
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I had to think whether, after 50 years of hard slog, I was still lucid and fresh enough for the job.
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An important aspect of the Eurasian worldview is an absolute denial of Western civilization. In the opinion of the Eurasians, the West with its ideology of liberalism is an absolute evil.
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I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.
