Edmond Jabes Quotes
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
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I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
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Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
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But if in vain, down on the stubborn floor Of Earth, and up to Heav'n's unopening Door You gaze To-day, while You are You - how then To-morrow, You when shall be You no more?
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Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. 'Yes,' they will say, 'wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold.' But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains.
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As life goes on I'm starting to learn more and more about responsibility.
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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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I didn't need tempting back to the theatre. It's always been something I'd wanted to do again and again and again, but with every job, you can only take what's in front of you or what's offered.
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If you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers.
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I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
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The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it was used by George Washington or Abraham Lincoln.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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Love has made me a fool;It set me on fire and watched as I floundered,Unable to speakExcept to cry out and wait for your answer.But you come around in your time,Speaking of fabulous places.Create an oasis;Dries up as soon as you're gone.You leave me here burningIn this desert without you.
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We live in a house of mirrors and think we are looking out the windows.
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As soon as you start asking what education is for, what the use of it is, you're abandoning the basic assumption of any true culture, that education is worth while for its own sake.
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Wandering creates the desert.
