Eva Mozes Kor Quotes
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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Countries have made impressive pledges to cut carbon pollution, but we have to ensure these promises become actions.
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In literature, older women are not often given center stage.
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Fashion is a completely international business.
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Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.
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Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.
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ArcGIS includes a Living Atlas of the World. It's like a large living library of geographic information.
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I'm sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you're afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.
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I am no prophet - and here's no great matter; I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,And in short, I was afraid.
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All this wealth excludes but one evil,-poverty.
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One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.
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Every leader, and every regime, and every movement, and every organization that steps across the line to terrorism must be banished from the discourse of civilized human life.
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I often say to my assistants, 'Never trust anybody,' but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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Kids don't read as much as you'd like them to, just in terms of seeing the world from different perspectives. I mean, that's the great thing about books, still. Here's television, here are the movies, and it's pretty limited in terms of the perspectives.
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I think that ultimately your age is determined by your attitude. It's not the number; it's not how many wrinkles you have on your face. It's the energy that you project.
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Kids are anarchy writ large.
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The important thing is that I'm clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna.
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How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?
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Teaching sometimes seems like not one profession, but every profession. We ask them to be doctor and diplomat, calf-herder, map-maker, wizard and watchman, electricians of the mind.
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Forgiveness is not so much for the perpetrator, but for the victim.
