Yair Lapid Quotes
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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The magical and fantastical isn't something I'm uncomfortable with in books, and I chafe slightly at the idea that a purely realist novel somehow has more value.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us.
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I have climbed Everest from the Nepal route and the China route. The other routes are too hard for me. So I don't think I can climb Everest again.
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The fact is, Bush's war policy has failed. It's failed! Who better to say so than Jack Murtha?
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For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.
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But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
