Alice Herz-Sommer Quotes

I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.

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• The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • World
  • Live

• To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Fun
  • Gay
  • Pride

• Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
  • Great
  • Death
  • Beautiful

• When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

  

  Ted Cruz
  • People
  • Fight
  • Against

• Most of my fans, if you were to look on their iPods, you'd see every possible genre of music represented in some capacity.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Look
  • Fans

• Statistics is the grammar of science.

  

  Karl Pearson
  • Science
  • Statistics
  • Grammar

• How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.

  

  V. S. Pritchett
  • Most
  • Guilt
  • Extraordinary

• There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into the treasury of the church, no matter if it be the price of blood, he is called religious.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Great
  • Money
  • Man

• We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Want
  • Human
  • Human being

• Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.

  

  Abigail Washburn
  • Up
  • Time
  • Past

• It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.

  

  Harold Hamm
  • Country
  • Done
  • Today

• There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Long
  • Pretty
  • City

• I love Japan; it's very special.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Special
  • Very
  • Japan

• Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.

  

  Edmund Husserl
  • Science
  • Names
  • Early

• The sense of being a separate, egoic self begins with the astral, not with the physical, body. The soul is individualized spirit.

  

  Paramahansa Yogananda
  • Soul
  • Body
  • Self

• My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.

  

  Victor Ponta
  • Respect
  • Government

• Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who's only texting you back three words. I've learned that from trying to figure out people who don't deserve to be figured out.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Important
  • Trying

• My philosophy is to not be scared of anyone. If I play well, great; if I don't, I learn from the match and move on.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Great
  • Learn
  • Philosophy

• There's this label called Neurotica by these sweet girls that have given me some lovely things to wear, and we might collaborate on making a little piece. They're really lovely, and I think they've been quite inspired by me in turn.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • Inspired
  • Sweet
  • Girls

• I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.

  

  Jennifer Grey

• Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.

  

  Bonnie Hunt
  • People
  • Good

• That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?

  

  Lee Iacocca
  • Good
  • Country
  • Money

• I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.

  

  Alice Herz-Sommer
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Known