Ilya Ehrenburg Quotes
You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
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There's nothing simple when you're in this 'Good Place.'
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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I am someone who isn't always perfect.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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The biggest part of my fashion choices is how comfortable it is.
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I knew that going on 'One Tree Hill' was going to be an incredible vehicle for the record. What is amazing about it is that my role on the show is, you know, basically playing a musician, and all the songs she plays are off my record.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'
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U.K. citizens fleeing the Middle East and Japan have been allowed to take their animal companions with them on evacuation flights. The U.S. is not so civilized, and that's a blot on our national copybook.
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A desire of gain is common to mankind, and the general motive to business and industry.
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I feel very blessed to have such wonderful cheerleaders and champions of my work.
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I hate the murderer, love him murdered.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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I'm the most mellow person offstage. I think it's just, going onstage lets me get out some frustration that I'm too shy to do in real life. Instead of doing it in private, I'd rather do it in front of 1,000 people who've paid $25 to see me lose my mind.
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We're being very careful that we don't send a spacecraft to Mars with the intention of detecting Martian life - and find out that we detected the Earth life that we took with us.
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You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
