I. L. Peretz Quotes
A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.
Quotes to Explore
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.
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Write something beautiful and honest and that makes you very proud.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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I have an appetite to always learn.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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It's an unfair position, so you can do one of two things: just shut up, which is something I don't find easy, or just learn an awful lot very fast, which is what I tried to do.
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A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.
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I went to multiple doctors to make sure that I'm taking the right anti-depression medication and make sure that my blood pressure's okay. I found out that my blood pressure wasn't okay and that I had a fatty liver. All these health risks were coming up.
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People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They're majestic and creative and beautiful.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.
