Ernest Klein Quotes
We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects itself. Therefore, in tracing words to their origins, we are tracing simultaneously civilization and culture to their real roots.
Quotes to Explore
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To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.
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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
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It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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I hadn't seen that many movies that really go deep enough into the fears of playing music or the language that musicians can use to treat each other or, like, the way that you can see it dehumanize and the way that it can feel like boot camp.
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Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.
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My dream is to see India as a nation of well-looked-after and respected sportspeople in all fields.
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I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper air-planes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart. Dare to Dream by One Direction, 1
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Three words for those who want to put the Christ back in Christmas: Jingle Bell Rock.
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Life is about opportunities, creating them and embracing them, and for me, that was the Olympic dream. That's what defined me. That was my bliss.
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I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.
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Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
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Success is not a destination, but the road that you're on. Being successful means that you're working hard and walking your walk every day. You can only live your dream by working hard towards it. That's living your dream.
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These days, checks are direct-deposited, money comes out of a machine in the wall, and we swipe a plastic card to make a purchase. In other words, your kids can grow up thinking money comes in an endless supply if you don't show them otherwise.
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I feel very strongly that you shouldn't mix your emotions with business. When it comes to my emotions, I certainly don't mix them with my business.
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To pursue a goal which is by definition unattainable is to condemn oneself to a state of perpetual unhappiness.
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I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.
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When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.
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We not only speak but think and even dream in words. Language is a mirror in which the whole spiritual development of mankind reflects itself. Therefore, in tracing words to their origins, we are tracing simultaneously civilization and culture to their real roots.
