I. L. Peretz Quotes
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t0 is blockchain-agnostic so, ultimately, we can use anybody's blockchain.
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My own being can be judged by the depths I reach in making these historical origins my own.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.
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There was a point in my life where I either wanted to be an astronaut, an actor, a veterinarian, or a pirate. I just thought being in space would be really cool, but then you have to have 20/20 vision, which I don't have, so there.
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I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.
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I have such respect for... the Kennedy Center Honors. To be an artist in America and to be honored for it is extraordinary. In Europe, they really honor their artists. And you are on a very high level. And here it's not as revered as it is in Europe or Russia or anywhere in the world.
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In this world it is very dangerous to be weak.
