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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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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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There are two kinds of leaders: those who are interested in the flock, and those who are interested in the fleece.
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In almost every interview someone asks what does HIM stand for. I can't even remember our latest lie about that. When Hanson was hot, we said it means Hanson Is Murder. The name doesn't have a particular history. His Infernal Majesty was a totally different band. I think HIM derives from some death metal joke.
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My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?
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Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.
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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.
