Eugene Shvidler Quotes
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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Oh God, I'm going to get in trouble for saying this, but I grew up falling asleep in church because I was tired from watching horror movies late at night.
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I don't like having to be pushed into a box.
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Everybody should get married - once. I was 25.
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We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.
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Sometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
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Irrigate crops at short intervals and apply light irrigation especially in the evening.
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To have the ability to withdraw into oneself and forget everything around one when one is creating - What, I think is the only requirement for being able to bring forth something beautiful. The whole thing is - a mystery.
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Father, take my life, yea, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my life as an oblation for the world. Blood is only of value as it flows before Thine altar
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Be happy with who you are, where you are, for this is the way.
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[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.
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They who are sad find somehow sweetness in tears.
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Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse
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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake.
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Be sure of the foundation of your life. Know why you live as you do. Be ready to give a reason for it. Do not, in such a matter as life, build an opinion or custom on what you guess is true. Make it a matter of certainty and science.
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We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of compromise.
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You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
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The native Jewish families in Jerusalem, as well as those in other parts of Palestine, present a marked difference to the Jews of Europe and America. They possess the same physical characteristics - the dark, oblong eye, the prominent nose, the strongly-marked cheek and jaw - but in the latter, these traits have become harsh and coarse.
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I grew up with communism, and if you live through communism you don't love it.
