Israel ben Eliezer (Baal Shem Tov) Quotes
The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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The 'Agent X' set was never boring. During the first few days, I had to adjust to the loud noise on set, which included gun shots and explosions. After we finished filming the season, I realized I missed hearing all the noise and driving on empty freeways.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.
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I want less and less control with music. Just playing music without any idea of composition or writing.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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I love to fly so much.
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David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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A great ratatouille is one in which the vegetables interact with each other but are still discernible from each other. The trick is to cook them just right: not over, not under.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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With every social media, there's hate and things like that.
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Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
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God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope or courage. Pear is a kind of bell, or gong, which rings the mind into quick life and avoidance upon the approach of danger. It is the soul's signal for rallying.
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I may not be where I need to be but I thank God I am not where I used to be.
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One of Satan's most frequently used deceptions is the notion that the commandments of God are meant to restrict freedom and limit happiness.
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Untouchability is a many-headed monster and forms, some of them so subtle as not to be easily detected.
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I don't have the feeling that I need to add a lot to my collection, because I have an incredibly wide range of things. This is a part of the secret of my things, that they are still valid. When I feel a need, I do something more.
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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
