Edmond Jabes Quotes
For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.
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I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home, you're still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.
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I came from the Groundlings Theatre in L.A., and there, you're guaranteed to at least try something out in front of an audience. At 'SNL,' only the best stuff gets picked, and it's taught me a very defined language of comedy. You learn the structure of a joke, which is not something I was very good at beforehand.
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So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.
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I think the deepest problem is between my parents and me. I just don't know if it will ever be the same.
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My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people.
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For me especially, I travel a lot, and with the weather change and everything, my skin gets dehydrated very fast.
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The worst part about being married is when you're not connecting. Your partner is going out the door when you're coming in, and you don't have a chance to debrief on the day. That's the worst.
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With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.
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Everybody has been saying 'Srimanthudu' is the best film of my career. After watching the film, Dad told me that he's never seen me perform like this. I just couldn't stop myself from crying.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
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Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. It's change you can Xerox.
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If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England - you couldn't have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.
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I don't understand this whole Twitter, Facebook stuff. I don't get it. Make a phone call. Talk to somebody.
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Israel, in general, should learn from other nations. We have a tendency to teach the world. In many cases, we should learn from the world, because they make advances.
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Nay, rather,Plant divine, of rarest virtue;Blisters on the tongue would hurt you.
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For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.
