Benjamin B. Ferencz Quotes
War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people.
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I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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No amount of debt restructuring, even debt forgiveness, will help the Greeks achieve real prosperity. What they need is not short-term relief but, rather, a long-term cure.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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On radio, you're in your own little world. Every time I'd be doing a possible no-hitter - I think I've done something like 25 no-hitters and a couple of perfect games - I would always put the date on the tape. Not for me, but for the player, so that 25 or 30 years later when he's playing it for his kids or grandkids, you have that date.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.
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Comedians are really writers who don't have pens and pencils about them, but they riff.
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However useful may be the National Parks and Forests of the West for those affording the Pullman fare to reach them, what is needed by the bulk of the American population is something nearer home.
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People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable. My name and $6 million will make a $6 million movie. I'm a working actor. Because I started late, I had a very short run as a leading man, and my films didn't make money in America.
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War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people.
