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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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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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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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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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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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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The art world as a whole, and museums in particular, belong to what has aptly been called the 'consciousness industry.'
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A large, coarse-skinned young woman but with something of my friend's features, particularly the mouth.
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After a long time with someone, you realise you've been thinking for two.
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I performed after 9/11 for relief workers down by Ground Zero. There were these men just coming back, and they were voraciously hungry. They were heroes, pulling rubble, and I was a new comic trying to go blue just so I could get some laughs.
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You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.
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I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.
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I do get scared of the dentist, so a drive-through dentist might make me feel more at home. If I got to stay in my car.
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I'm a real Luddite.
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Though it lash the shallows that line the beach, Afar from the great sea-deeps,There is never a storm whose might can reach Where the vast leviathan sleeps.Like a mighty thought in a mighty mind In the clear cold depths he swims;Whilst above him the pettiest form of his kind With a dash o'er the surface skims.
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I spend so much money on food, just getting the food for me is a tremendous expense, so there's no way I could even think about paying for supplements. I think of all supplements as food derivative anyway, so If I can only choose between getting the food or the supplements I'd rather opt for the food.
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She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense:Sex to the last.
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If I don't have anything to sacrifice, I don't have anything to gain. From the Bible I have learned if you want something good, you must sacrifice.
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That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.
