Etty Hillesum Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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That's what everybody calls me, 'Cheat Code,' because they just throw the ball up to me.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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The compulsively readable events of my life occurred mainly in infancy, and it's been pretty humdrum ever since.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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Freedom is a timeless value. The United Nations Charter calls for encouraging respect for fundamental freedoms. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights mentions freedom more than twenty times. All countries have committed to protecting individual freedoms on paper - but in practice, too many break their pledge.
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I think when you get past your second album, it all becomes something of a routine. So you have to struggle against that, find a way of making what you do sound fresh and new each time.
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I have come to salvage Elphin's honor and his freedom. Taliesin am I, primary chief bard to Elphin.Primary chief poet Am I to Elphin. And my native country Is the place of the Summer Stars. John the Divine Called me Merlin, But all future kings Shall call me Taliesin.
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If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power.
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Our bodies are hanging along for the ride, but my brain is talking to your brain. And if we want to understand who we are and how we feel and perceive, we really understand what brains are.
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What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its cover. We believe that we are always better off gathering as much information as possible and spending as much time as possible in deliberation.
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You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense.
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Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared.
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Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
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That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.
