Stephane Hessel (Stéphane Frédéric Hessel) Quotes
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
Quotes to Explore
-
Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
-
Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
-
I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
-
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
-
Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
-
A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
-
My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
-
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
-
I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
-
Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
-
I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
-
We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
-
I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.
-
Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
-
I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
-
It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
-
Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
-
This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
-
I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
-
The death of Garang has unfortunately unleashed emotions of anger; some genuine, others cultivated by elements who wanted to pit one group of Sudanese against another.
-
[Government] is apprehended, not as a committee of citizens chosen to carry on the communal business of the whole population, but as a separate and autonomous corporation, mainly devoted to exploiting the population for the benefit of its own members.
-
From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.
