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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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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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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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.
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When they were growing up, I was working from morning to night. When I left, they were asleep, when I came back, they were asleep,' once he told a magazine. Even when they were young, he couldn't visit their school as Shweta and Abhishek asked him not to visit them to avoid too much commotion
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My goal was becoming the next David Copperfield. I learned how to be a performer by emulating him as a kid - his formula of just talking to people onstage, being free to improvise, being charming and witty with a crowd, together with great, beautiful magic.
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Edge is such a great guy.
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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.
