Ilan Stavans Quotes
American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it's all in your head?
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Apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little.
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When the song is over, the mikes turned off, the lights dimmed, all the glitter and glamour shed, and I am left alone with my own thoughts, free to contemplate the paths that led me to where I am today, I pause to give thanks.
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I strongly believe that for serious and violent criminals, we must absolutely hold them accountable for their crimes and send them to prison.
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As an actor, that's what you want. You want variety. I want to try things that I'm not used to and push my own envelope and see what I'm capable of.
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Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
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American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.
