Etty Hillesum Quotes
I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.
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I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
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I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
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I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'
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I think heartbreak is something that you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget.
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I have not been without battle. Bitter affliction was frequent Between me and my cousins. Frequent trials fell Between me and my fellow-countrymen. There was frequent contention Between me and the wretched.
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As goes love so goes life.
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Is there a poem that never reaches words And one that chaffers the time away? Is the poem both peculiar and general? There’s a meditation there, in which there seemsTo be an evasion, a thing not apprehended or Not apprehended well. Does the poet Evade us, as in a senseless element?
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Improve constantly and forever the system of production and service, to improve quality and productivity, and thus constantly decrease costs.
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He had no living relatives anywhere capable of leaving him a fortune in a will. He owed no money. He had never stolen anything, never cheated anybody. Never fathered any children. He was on as few pieces of paper as it was possible for a human being to get. He was just about invisible.
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I pointed to an article with bold headlines reporting that the police had refused to allow the PAP to hold a rally at Empress Place, and then to the last paragraph where in small type it added the meeting would take place where we were now. I compared this with a prominent report about an SPA rally. This was flagrant bias.'
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Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building.
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Topology and number theory are my faves.
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Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.
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You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.
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I tend to stay out of the public eye a little, compared to some of my peers.
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I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.
