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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You're looking at a guy who has no reason to complain about anything.
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Yes, we get death threats every week... from the Muslims.
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My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.
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After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.
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The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it gives us a sense of worth, of belonging, and of at homeness in the universe.
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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.