Etty Hillesum Quotes
Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless as the growing corn or the falling rain. We must just be.
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People said, 'How could you walk away from music?' But being a dad - there's nothing that can touch that.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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My vision of the border with Mexico is that a truck from the United States going into Mexico and a truck coming from Mexico into the United States will pass each other at the border going 60 miles an hour. Yes, we should have open borders.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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I prefer to make movies which not only have a message for 'then' but a message for 'now.'
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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New York for a long time was a kind of conductor's graveyard.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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For years Don Imus was just – boy, he was merciless in his criticism of me. Maybe it was justified, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.
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I recalled when I worked in the woodsand the bars of Madras, Oregon.That short-haired joy and roughness-America-your stupidity.I could almost love you again.
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Laugh at what you hold sacred, and still hold it sacred.
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Another friend, a child psychologist from the college, once commented that Rachel at age five showed the most reliable indicators of true giftedness in a young person: structured curiosity, empathy for others, compassion, and a fierce sense of fair play.
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Perhaps, The man-hero is not the exceptional monster, But he that of repetition is most master.
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I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.
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A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.
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Being able to travel and see the world really makes me appreciate the blessings in my life. There are so many people that will never get a chance to see some of the things that I've seen during my travels. I'll never take that for granted.
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Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.
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Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.
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Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to wash and play; civilizations emerged next to rivers in China, India, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. They sustain life and bring death and destruction. They are ferocious at times; gentle at times. They are placid and mean. They trigger conflict and delineate boundaries. Rivers are the stuff of metaphor and fable, painting and poetry. Rivers unite and divide - a thread that runs from source to exhausted release.
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I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on.
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Such words as 'God' and 'Death' and 'Suffering' and 'Eternity' are best forgotten. We have to become as simple and as wordless as the growing corn or the falling rain. We must just be.
