Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes
When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.
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I'm very content.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
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We who were born were not witnesses to our birth: like death, it is something we are forever after trying to catch sight of.
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I didn't actually begin professionally acting until I was 30.
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People think that Israelis are mean, evil people who only want to hurt Arabs all day.
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When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
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The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are no independent doctors' offices or neighborhood clinics, so people have to go to the hospital for every health care need.
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If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.
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From the very beginning, I've always just wanted to do something I've never done before. I'm still just trying to be on that path. It's all about working with filmmakers that you believe in.
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Lewis Black taught me stand-up.
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Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.
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I haven't shaken my fists at the moon.
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The greatest merit of the critical spirit is that it tends to cure fanaticism, and it is logical enough that in our own fanatical times the critical spirit should tend to disappear.
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A circuit performed by a capital and meant to be a periodical process, not an individual act, is called its turnover. The duration of this turnover is determined by the sum of its time of production and its time of circulation.
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I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.
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The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?
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I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years to listen to him and pick up a book!
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There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
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Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.
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When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.
