Alice Herz-Sommer Quotes
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.
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The hardest part of acting is not when I'm acting, It's when I'm not.
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I love to talk to children about making mistakes. It's important that I tell them about how I don't get it right the first time. We live in such a perfectionist society, and they see so many finished products and polished performances.
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We can't have democracy if we're having to protect you and our users from the government over stuff we've never had a conversation about. We need to know what the parameters are, what kind of surveillance the government is going to do, and how and why.
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Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over - except when they are different.
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The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.
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I go on walks during lunch breaks and travel with a fold-up yoga mat. I also love reading by candlelight at night.
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I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.
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Ch'un almo gaudio, un così gran contentoNon potrebbe comprare oro né argento.
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Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.
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I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, 'You know what? If you want me to do this, I'm going to need a year to prepare myself.' But if I do that, they'll say, 'Thank you very much,' and they'll take someone else.
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Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho.
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Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment.
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I am not an American; I am the American.
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There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart.
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In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own.
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Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.
