Etty Hillesum Quotes

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.

Etty Hillesum

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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.

Kajol
- God
- Hero
- Mistakes
I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.

Laura Marling
- Good
- Always
- Struggle
More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.

Walt Alston
- Me
- Wish
- Manager
I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

Ed Rendell
- Think
- Politics
- Succeed
My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.

Zubin Mehta
- Great
- Help
- Father
Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.

Gary Cohn
- People
- Time
- Long