Edmond Jabes Quotes
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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I don't think that 60-70 percent of working-class white voters would have supported a Muslim ban before Donald Trump said something about a Muslim ban.
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Don't gamble the future of your children and Malaysia; think and contemplate because your vote will determine not only the future of the country but also your grandchildren.
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I want to take a more international direction with my career.
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Cut off the head of the snake
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but the endless, tameless pilgrimage of hearts.
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In defeating terror, Israel’s cause is our cause.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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I'm doing good. I've had a slight nervous breakdown in the '60s. I got through that. And I got through the '70s. And I was in a doctor's program during the '80s and then I met Melinda and we've been together ever since. I've got a happy life.
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Every day proves to me more and more that this American world was not made for me.
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I started reading DC stuff much later in my life. You realize that there's a huge difference between the Marvel universe and the DC universe and the characters that own it.
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Based on my experience, I believe that Ben Sasse has the right policy background, a notable commitment to public service - and, perhaps most importantly, the courage - to help renew our country.
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I don't think Brexit is going to help people in Britain.
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When you get up there in years, the fairways get longer and the holes get smaller.
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I need a producer who will look for a good script. I need a director whose purpose to make a film is not for his survival but because he loves making films.
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When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
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I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.
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Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?
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I can only speak for myself, but when I was growing up in Memphis - and having the Martin Luther King holiday and the moment of pause on April 4th - he was just a statue to me. I wanted to make him a little bit more real to me as a human being.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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I could run like a gazelle, couldn't I?
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One wound is enough to feed the open wounds of the sky.
